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SP10
The Spanish Night
1959
Oil on canvasboard
6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
INSCRIPTIONS
Recto not signed, not dated
Verso: Robert Motherwell \ 1959
Verso (on backing board): Robert Motherwell 1959
Verso: Robert Motherwell \ 1959
Verso (on backing board): Robert Motherwell 1959
PRESENT OWNER
Private collection
PROVENANCE
[Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, May 18, 1961, lot 89]; unknown owner, 1961; private collection; private collection, 2000; [South Bay Auctions, East Moriches, NY, October 22, 2022, lot 96]
COMMENTS
At the request of Marcel Duchamp, Motherwell donated this painting to a 1961 benefit auction supporting the American Chess Foundation.
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