LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic and charcoal on canvas

Measurements:

96.26 in. (244.50 cm.) (height) by 120.24 in. (305.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 74; numbered #134 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; and Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, . Robert Motherwell: Choix de peintures et de collages 1941-1977 , June - November 1977, n.p. (text) (as . Elegy No. 134 ) . London, Royal Academy of Arts,. Robert Motherwell: Paintings and Collages from 1941 to Present , January - March 1978,. p. 21, no. 38, illustrated . Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, . A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection , February - April 1982, p. 62, illustrated. Portland, Portland Museum of Art, . Great Hall Exhibition , May - September 1984 . Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art; and Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, June - November 1996, pp. 128-129, no. 42, illustrated

Literature:

Malcolm Quantrill, "London," . Art International 22, March 1978, p. 48. H. H. Arnason, . Robert Motherwell , New York, 1982, p. 209, no. 293, illustrated in color (in the artist's studio, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1977). Karen Wilkin, . David Smith , New York, 1984, p. 104, no. 121, illustrated (in incorrect orientation). Peter Clothier, "Jay Chiat: Order and Mystery," . Artnews 89, May 1990, pp. 113-114, illustrated in color (in installation at the home of Jay Chiat). David Kusin, "Abstract Painter Robert Motherwell Dies of Stroke at 76," . Dallas Times Herald , July 18, 1991, p. A4 (text). Exh. Cat., Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies (and travelling), . Motherwell , 1996, p. 330, illustrated (in the artist's studio, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1977). Annette Tapert,"Designer's Own Homes: Joanne De Guardiola," . Architectural Digest , September 2000, pp. 240-241, illustrated in color (in installation). "Designer Secrets: Joanne De Guardiola," . Architectural Digest , January 2006, p. 109, illustrated in color (in installation). Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford, . Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné . , 1941-1991, Volume One: Essays and References , New Haven and London, 2012, p. 157, p. 236, and p. 239, illustrated in color (in the artist's studio, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1977). Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford,. Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel , New Haven and London, 2012, pp. 407-408, no. P821, illustrated in color. Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford, . Motherwell: 100 Years , Milan, p. 130, no. 131, illustrated in color (in progress in the studio

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Graham Gund, Cambridge. Christie's New York, May 3, 1989, Lot 31. Jay Chiat, New York. Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York. Sotheby's New York, May 14, 1998, Lot 29. Acquired by the present owner from the above