Study for Spanish Elegies
Study for Spanish Elegies

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Study for Spanish Elegies
Study for Spanish Elegies

Currently not on view

Study for Spanish Elegies,

1957

Attributed to Robert Motherwell, 1915–1991; born Aberdeen, WA; died Provincetown, MA; active New York, NY, and Greenwich, CT
2005-45

Information

Title
Study for Spanish Elegies
Dates

1957

Maker
Attributed to Robert Motherwell
Medium
Brush and black ink wash
Dimensions
12.6 x 17.4 cm (4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Lord in memory of Edward J. Lord, Class of 1947, killed in World War II
Object Number
2005-45
Signatures
Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: RM 57 Signed and dated in black ink, on verso lower right: RM 57
Culture
American
Type
studies (visual works), drawings
Materials
wash, wove paper
Subject
abstraction, elegies

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