Elegy with Black Bar (Primary Title)

Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991 (Artist)

1990
American
acrylic on handmade gesso panel
Place Made,United States
15 3/4 in H x 20 in W, unframed
24 in H x 28 in W, framed (40.01 cm. H x 50.80 cm. W, unframed
60.96 cm. H x 71.12 cm. W, framed)
94.16
Not on view
Signed, upper right corner: "Motherwell / 1990"; written in black on reverse: "INV#: P90-3563 R. MOTHERWELL / 'ELEGY WITH BLACK BAR', 1990 / 15 1/2 X 19 1/4"; labels on reverse.
Gift of the Dedalus Foundation, Inc. and museum purchase, John Barton Payne Fund
"Seeing Across Cultures: Objects from the VMFA" Marsh Art Gallery, George Museum of Fine Arts, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA: 4 Oct 1996 - 18 Jan 1997

"Robert Motherwell: The Spanish Elegies", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Oct. 1992 - Jan 1993)

"Robert Motherwell: Paintings and Collages, 1969-1990", Artcurial, Paris (Sept - Nov 1990) and Wetterling, Stockholm (Dec 1990 - Feb 1991)
©artist or artist’s estate

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