Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 606
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1999,
cat. no. 28.
group exhibitions
Long Point Gallery, Provincetown,
Mass., August 1978, cat. no. 13, as
Untitled.
comments
In 1987 Motherwell designated this
previously untitled 1977 work as a study
for his Hollow Men series, which was
begun in 1983, and which was indeed
inspired by this work and several other
automatist studies done in 1977 for
Reconciliation Elegy (p956).
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1998
(traveling), illus. p. 173.
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1977
Acrylic and ink on Mylar
13¾ x 23¼ in. (34.9 x 59.1 cm)
Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan,
2003 (traveling), cat. no. 71, color illus.
p. 77.
1977
Acrylic and graphite on paper
11¾ x 17½ in. (29.8 x 44.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 77
references
Jaffe and Korshak 1983, p. 130, illus.
p. 131 (pl. 59); Wolfe 1984, illus. p. 74
(pl. 67).
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 7 Aug 77
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Elegy Drawing No. 17
artist’s studio number
p77-1053
present owner
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation
Collection. Purchase, Tabriz Fund and
Museum Purchase Plan of the NEA,
1978.013.001
provenance
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation,
Little Rock, 1978
solo exhibitions
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, 1978.
group exhibitions
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1984
(circulating), cat. no. 67, illus. p. 74.
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock,
1988, color illus. p. 85.
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paintings on p a p e r an d p a p e r b o a r d
comments
This work was done as a study for
Reconciliation Elegy (p956). Although
Motherwell designated this work as
Elegy Drawing No. 17, there are only a
few numbered works with the title Elegy
Drawing; since they are not paintings,
they are not included in this publication.
[ Untitled (Elegy)]
artist’s studio number
d77-1333
present owner
Collection of Donald T. Meder, Los
Angeles
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Donald T.
Meder, Los Angeles, 2006
solo exhibitions
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles,
2005, cat. no. 11, color illus. p. 6.
comments
Motherwell did this painting as a study
for the large Reconciliation Elegy (p956).
