Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 529
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Our reproduction comes from a
black-and-white photograph of the
work taken in 1972 (studio inventory
photo no. ph 23-6).
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{ Elegy Study}
Elegy Study
Blue Elegy
Ca. 1968
Acrylic and graphite on paper
7 x 10⅛ in. (17.8 x 25.7 cm)
Ca. 1968
Acrylic and graphite on paper
7 x 10¼ in. (17.8 x 26 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM
Alternative Title: Study for Blue Elegy
1968
Acrylic on cardboard
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
artist’s studio number
d76-3678
artist’s studio number
p-3142
present owner
Denver Art Museum Collection. For a
full list of donors, see the entry for p22.
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Denver Art
Museum, 1994
provenance
Private collection
inscriptions
Recto, lower left: RM 68
artist’s studio number
p66-1956
present owner
Renate Ponsold Motherwell
provenance
Renate Ponsold Motherwell, 1991
solo exhibitions
Denver Art Museum, 1995, illus. n.p.
solo exhibitions
William Ehrlich Gallery, New York,
May 1979.
references
Tieken 2000, illus. n.p.; Caws 2003,
illus. p. 153 (ill. 101).
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York, 1984, cat. no. 104, as Study
for Blue Elegy.
comments
Although the studio card places this
work in 1976, we have assigned it an
earlier date, based on its stylistic affinities with works done around 1968.
references
Gaugh 1985, p. 74, as Study for Blue
Elegy; Flam 1991, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 81); Chalumeau 1998, color illus.
p. 28 (pl. 24).
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