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Artist |
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Robert Motherwell |
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Title |
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Elegy to the Spanish Republic, basque elegy
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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138 x 82.2 in. / 350.5 x 208.9 cm. |
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Year |
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1967 - |
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Description |
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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Elegy to the Spanish Republic (Basque Elegy)
signed and dated 'R Motherwell 67' (upper left); signed again, titled and dated again '"Elegy to the Spanish Republic (the Basque Elegy)" Robert Motherwell 1967' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
82¼ x 138 in. (350.5 x 208.9 cm.)
Painted in 1967. |
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Misc. |
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Signed, Inscribed |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's New York: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
[Lot 39]
PostWar & Contemporary Evening Sale
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Estimate |
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*
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Provenance |
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Turske Fine Art, Zürich
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1979
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Exhibition |
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Concord, Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul's School, Paintings and Collages by Robert Motherwell, February 1970.
Cologne, Galerie Veith Turske, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages, Works on Paper 1962-1979, November 1979-March 1980.
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Jubiläums-Ausstellung, May-September 1980, no. 27.
Cologne, Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle Köln, Wahre Wunder: Sammlung und Sammlungen im Rheinland, November 2000-February 2001, p. 197 (illustrated)
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Literature |
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"Bilder und Collage von Motherwell," Du Journal, vol. 2, February 1980, p. 82 (illustrated).
A. Dore, "Robert Motherwell," Flash Art, vol. 100, November 1980 (illustrated on cover)
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