Motherwell Elegy
Elegy Black Black, a beautiful lithography from Motherwell's elegy series
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Elegy Black Black
1983
Lithograph in colors, on TGL handmade paper, Edition of 98
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$40,000
H 15 in W 37.8 in D 0.01 in
Elegy Black Black, a beautiful lithography from Motherwell's elegy series
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
extract from the catalogue raisonné:
CR 309
Signature:Signed Motherwell in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$44,000
H 15 in W 37.8 in D 0.01 in
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 60
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 60
1960
Oil on paperboard
17.8 x 23.8 cms (7 x
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110C
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110C
1968
Acrylic and graphite on paper
15.2 x
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Graphite
Elegy Sketch
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Elegy Sketch
1980-ca. 1984
Acrylic on canvas board
15 x 29.5 cms (5 7/8 x 11 5/8
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 163
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 163
1979-82
Acrylic and Conte crayon on board
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Conté, Acrylic, Board
Price Upon Request
H 23.25 in W 27 in
"Elegy (Study)" by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Stamford, CT
A lithograph titled, "Elegy ( Study )" by Robert Motherwell 1979, signed and numbered 42/98 in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Robert Motherwell RUNNING ELEGY II, YELLOW STATE Etching & Aquatint, 35.5"W
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991)
Marking(s); notes: signed
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$30,000
H 17.5 in W 35.5 in D 1 in
Elegy Study
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Twinrocker handmade paper
1979
64.1 x 95.3 cm (25 1/4 x 37 1/2 inches)
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Three Poems: Spanish Elegy
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Palo Alto, CA
standards, Robert Motherwell Three Poems: Spanish Elegy, 1988 is presented in a complementary moulding and
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Elegy Fragment II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on Georges Duchene Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper
87.6 x 61 cm (34 1/2 x 24 inches)
Edition of 52
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Mexican Elegy (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
, numbered AP I/XXX-AP XXX/XXX.
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$7,996 Sale Price
20% Off
H 17.875 in W 21.5 in
Spanish Elegy (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
, numbered AP I/XXX-AP XXX/XXX.
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$7,996 Sale Price
20% Off
H 17.875 in W 21.5 in
Premonition Open, with Flesh over Grey
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
graceful and uncluttered. This was in contrast to the series of Elegies for which Motherwell is justly
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
Recent Sales
Abstract Oil on Canvas by Robert Diesso
By Robert Diesso
Located in Cathedral City, CA
manner of Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic series. However, that is where the similarities end
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Oil Painting by Robert Diesso
By Robert Diesso
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic series. However, that is where the similarities end.
Robert
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
ELEGY SKETCH (CR 217)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Seattle, WA
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Elegy Black Black, a beautiful lithography from Motherwell's elegy series
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
extract from the catalogue raisonné:
CR 309
Signature:Signed Motherwell in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15 in W 37.8 in D 0.01 in
Elegy Black Black, a beautiful lithography from Motherwell's elegy series
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
extract from the catalogue raisonné:
CR 309
Signature:Signed Motherwell in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15 in W 37.8 in D 0.01 in
Robert Motherwell-Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite serigraph is a museum reproduction edition, printed by Editions Limited in 1991 and published by Gallery A.P. J. Graphic Station. The serigraph is copyrighted by the B...
Category
20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Elegy Study, Lithograph by Robert Motherwell 1979
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Title: Elegy Study
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Twinrocker handmade
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alberti Elegy
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Paper: White Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper; natural Okawara handmade paper
Signature: Signed "RM" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right; works...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Altamira Elegy
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on buff Arches Cover paper
45.5 x 55.9 cms (17.9 x 22 ins)
Edition of 40
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Elegy Study
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Twinrocker handmade paper
1979
64.1 x 95.3 cm (25 1/4 x 37 1/2 inches)
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large-Scale Abstract by Robert Motherwell "Elegy Study"
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale abstract lithograph by Robert Motherwell, entitled "Elegy Study", circa 1979. Hand
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Robert Motherwell-Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34-16" x 20"-Serigraph-1991
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Museum Reproduction Edition Serigraph printed by Editions Limited in 1991 and Published by Gallery A.P. J. Graphic Station. Copyrighted Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1991 and from the ...
Category
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Robert Motherwell-Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34-16" x 20"-Serigraph-1991
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Museum Reproduction Edition Serigraph printed by Editions Limited in 1991 and Published by Gallery A.P. J. Graphic Station. Copyrighted Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1991 and from the ...
Category
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Robert Motherwell 'Basque Elegy' 1992- Poster
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking poster, titled Elegy to the Spanish Republic, was created by the renowned artist
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Three Poems: Mexican Elegy, Framed Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991)
Title: No. 27 from Three Poems, collaboration
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Lithograph
Three Poems: Mexican Elegy, Framed Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991)
Title: No. 27 from Three Poems, collaboration
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Lithograph
Robert Motherwell Etching and Aquatint, Running Elegy ii, Blue State, 1983
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Color etching and aquatint, 1983, on Hawthorne of Larrouque handmade paper, signed and numbered 1/10 in pencil, published by the artist and with his blind stamp, with full margins. F...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
H 23.5 in W 40.75 in D 1.5 in
Elegy (Study)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Title: Elegy (Study)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Automatism Elegy (State II Buff)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
15.9 x 20 ins (40.3 x 50.8 cms)
Edition of 50
Signature:Signed "RM" in pencil lower left
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower left; artist's chop mark lower right
Publisher:Ar...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Running Elegy II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Description
Etching and aquatint printed in yellow and black, 1983, an artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of ten, on Georges Duchene Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper
...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Elegy Fragment II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Motherwell
Elegy Fragment II
1985
Etching and aquatint
34 ½ x 24 inches
Edition of 52
Category
20th Century Abstract Prints
Elegy Fragment II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
Motherwell.
The formal structure of this print is related to Motherwell’s 1975 painting titled “The
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Spanish Elegy I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 38
Lithograph
17 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
Signed and numbered
MOTX174
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Elegy Study I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered in pencil
Materials
Lithograph
Spanish Elegy I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 38 plus 1 archive proof, 12 artist's proofs, 1 CP, 3 presentation proofs, 1 PP, 1 RTP
Signed and numbered in pencil lower right
Signed and numbered in pencil lower right
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Mexican Elegy, from the Octavio Paz Suite
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 50
Initaled and numbered, lower right
Mexican Elegy, from the Octavio Paz suite
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Initialed and numbered, lower right
Edition of 50 plus 10 artist's proofs & various other proofs
Category
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Spanish Elegy I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell
Spanish Elegy I, 1975
lithograph on brown HMP handmade paper
17 1/2 x 30 1/2
Materials
Lithograph
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The name of painter, printmaker and writer Robert Motherwell (1915–91) is often taken as synonymous with the New York School, whose name he coined. Motherwell was the youngest of this group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in 1950s and '60s New York City, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko.
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915, Motherwell had perhaps the broadest and best education of any of the New York School coterie, with an extensive background in philosophy, literature and art history. He earned a BA in philosophy in 1937 from Stanford University and was working toward a PhD in the subject at Harvard when he interrupted his studies for a yearlong trip to Europe, where he fell in love with European modernism.
After returning, in 1940 he enrolled Columbia to study art history. It was there that he met a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists, and encounter that proved influential on his style. Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism” — unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses — into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School.
Works like the 1967 Beside the Sea no. 45, an acrylic on canvas, and the 1966 lithograph New York International epitomize Motherwell’s use of simple shapes in boldly contrasting colors, executed in quick, gestural strokes that occasionally evoke figures, suggesting a latent narrative despite their obvious abstraction.
Throughout his career, Motherwell taught painting at Hunter College, in New York, and at Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, where his work influenced the likes of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg and Kenneth Noland. His influence as one of the founding fathers of American Abstract Expressionism remains profound.