Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 645
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comments
The composition of this work was
used as the basis for three 1980 prints:
Altamira Elegy, Automatism Elegy
(State I White), and Automatism Elegy
(State II Buff) (Engberg and Banach
2003, nos. 262, 271, and 272).
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Spanish Elegy Study
{ Untitled (Elegy Study)}
Brushy Elegy
1979
Oil on paper
18¼ x 35¼ in. (46.4 x 89.5 cm), irreg.
1979
Oil and graphite on paper
13½ x 19½ in. (34.3 x 49.5 cm)
1979
Oil on paper
23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: RM April 79
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper left: RM 6 May 79
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper right: RM 1979
Verso (on backing board, reattached)
[set in square]: [RM invoice no.]
artIst’s studIo number
p79-2311
artIst’s studIo number
d79-3580
Verso (on backing board, reattached):
“spanIsh eleGy study” (April, 1979)
oIl on french handmade paper
watermarked “rm” Robert
Motherwell April 1979 for Marcia +
Robert Seely with love + gratitude
present owner
Denver Art Museum Collection. For a
full list of donors, see the entry for p22.
present owner
Private collection
artIst’s studIo number
p79-2247
solo exhIbItIons
Denver Art Museum, 1995, illus. n.p.
solo exhIbItIons
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles,
1997, cat. no. 17.
present owner
Private collection
references
Tieken 2000, illus. n.p.
Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1999,
cat. no. 35, color illus. p. 24.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Denver Art
Museum, 1994
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2004
provenance
Private collection, 1979
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles,
November 2002, cat. no. 48.
comments
Motherwell dedicated this work on the
verso to his physician, Robert Seely,
and Seely’s wife, Marcia.
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London,
2003, cat. no. 5.
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