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P1175

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 170
1987–90

Acrylic, Conté crayon, and charcoal on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
INSCRIPTIONS
Recto, upper left, incised: RM
Verso: Verso: R. Motherwell \ 1987
Verso: Verso: R. Motherwell \ 1987
PRESENT OWNER
Private collection, United States
PROVENANCE
Jeannie Motherwell, 1992; Mark Ptashne and Lucy Gordon, New York, 2000; private collection, United States, 2017
COMMENTS
This painting was begun in 1987. Two earlier versions of it were consigned to Knoedler & Company in 1988 and 1989, but Motherwell continued to revise the work until it was sent to his Artcurial exhibition in September 1990.
The illustration in the catalogue raisonné showed the penultimate version of this painting.
The illustration in the catalogue raisonné showed the penultimate version of this painting.
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