LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic and charcoal on canvas

Measurements:

65.98 in. (167.60 cm.) (height) by 90.00 in. (228.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'R. Motherwell' u.l.; further signed and dated 'R. Motherwell 1983-85 (4 Nov.)' verso

Literature:

Gabriella Drudi, Note romane a Robert Motherwell, Rome, 1984, p. 123 (titled Elegy to the Spanish Republic; illustrated in progress in the artist's studio, pp. 3, 6, 29, 63) Robert Motherwell, "Philosophy and Abstract Expressionism: A Painter's Palette", Harvard Graduate Society Newsletter, winter 1987, p. 6 (illustrated in progress in the artist's studio) Marcelin Pleynet, Robert Motherwell, Paris, 1989, p. 242 (titled Elegy to the Spanish Republic; illustrated in progress in the artist's studio, p. 173) Robert Motherwell: A Dialogue with Literature, exh. cat., Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, 2001, p. 60 (illustrated in progress in the artist's studio) Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell: Paintings and Collages, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, vol. 2, New Haven, 2012, no. P1110, p. 532 (illustrated)

Provenance:

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York Private Collection, California (acquired in 1985) Thence by descent to the present owner