Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 609
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Elegy to the Spanish Republic
No. 151
Untitled
Ca. 1978
Acrylic and lithograph on paper
22½ x 32½ in. (57.2 x 82.6 cm), irreg.
Ca. 1978
Acrylic and lithograph on paper
17½ x 30½ in. (44.5 x 77.5 cm), irreg.
InscrIptIons
Unknown
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right [partially painted
over]: Motherwell [archive]
artIst’s studIo number
G78-2183
artIst’s studIo number
d89-3685
present owner
University of Coimbra, Portugal
present owner
Catherine and Samuel Epstein
provenance
University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1978
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Jonathan
Novak Contemporary Art, 2003; Jerald
Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, N.C.,
2006; Catherine and Samuel Epstein,
2006
comments
Motherwell painted this work in black
and white over an impression of his
1975 lithograph Spanish Elegy II
(Engberg and Banach 2003, no. 175).
See the Comments for w534.
The work was given to the
University of Coimbra but its present
whereabouts are unknown and we have
no image of it.
comments
Motherwell painted this work in
black and white over an impression of
his 1975 lithograph Spanish Elegy I
(Engberg and Banach 2003, no. 174).
The signature on the lower right is
from the original impression of the
print, and the word archive, also
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inscribed in the print, is obscured by
the black paint. This painting was later
scaled up and became the basis for a
39¼ x 61–inch lithograph done in 1989,
Elegy Study I (Engberg and Banach
2003, no. 488).
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Untitled
Ca. 1978
Acrylic and lithograph on paper
18 x 31 in. (45.7 x 78.7 cm), irreg.
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: Motherwell a. p. V
artIst’s studIo number
p75-2274
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
comments
Motherwell painted this work in
white over an impression of his 1975
lithograph Spanish Elegy I (Engberg
and Banach 2003, no. 174). See the
Comments for w534.
p a i n tin gs on paper and paperbo ard
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