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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Lot 301 Works by Robert Motherwell from the Dedalus Foundation

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Study for State II “Elegy No. 100”

Closed7 October 2020

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USD 218,750

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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Study for State II “Elegy No. 100”
signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'RM c. 70 Study for State II "Elegy #100"' (lower right)
acrylic, chalk and graphite on paper
14 ¼ x 22 in. (36.2 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1970/before 1975.

Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991

Specialist note

Study for State II “Elegy No. 100” was originally painted as a study for Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 100, currently in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as well as Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 126, currently in the collection of the University of Iowa Museum of Art. There is an archival photograph of Motherwell's Greenwich, Connecticut studio from circa 1975 in which our work is installed adjacent to Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 100 in progress.