$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
Robert Motherwell Elegy Black Black 1983 Lithograph in colors, on TGL handmade paper, Edition of 98
Lithograph
$44,000
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
Lithograph
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
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
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
Acrylic
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H 23.25 in W 27 in
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
Conté, Acrylic, Board
"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
Paper
$30,000
H 17.5 in W 35.5 in D 1 in
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
Etching, Aquatint
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)
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
Etching, Aquatint
$7,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.875 in W 21.5 in
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
Lithograph
$7,996Sale 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
Lithograph
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
Charcoal, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite
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
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
Canvas
ELEGY SKETCH (CR 217)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Seattle, WA
Lithograph
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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
Lithograph
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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
Lithograph
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...
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
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)
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...
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
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
Paper
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H 16 in W 20 in
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 ...
Screen
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H 16 in W 20 in
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 ...
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
Offset
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H 18 in W 23 in
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
Rice Paper, Lithograph
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H 18 in W 23 in
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
Rice Paper, Lithograph
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H 23.5 in W 40.75 in D 1.5 in
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...
Paper
Elegy (Study)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Title: Elegy (Study) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on
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...
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 ...
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
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
Etching, Aquatint
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
Lithograph
Elegy Study I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 50 Signed and numbered in pencil
Lithograph
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
Lithograph
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
Mexican Elegy, from the Octavio Paz Suite
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 50 Initaled and numbered, lower right
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
Lithograph
$75,000
H 37.25 in W 48.88 in
Fields I /// Joan Mitchell Large Diptych Etching Aquatint Female Abstract Artist
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Fields I" Portfolio: Fields *Signed and numbered by Mitchell in pencil (on second sheet) lower right Year: 1992 Medium: Original E...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio, Handmade Paper
$1,600
H 16 in W 22.88 in
Untitled (One Cent Life) /// Joan Mitchell Female Artist Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Untitled" (Page 92-93) Portfolio: One Cent Life *Unsigned edition Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph on wove paper Limited edi...
Lithograph
$74 / item
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
White Wash Brutalist Sculptural Collage Artwork, Mural from Upcycled Wood
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
These WHITE WASH collage tiles are composed randomly from recycled wood remnants and when installed bathe any space with a warm feeling and texture which is meditative, sanded to a s...
Wood
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$230,155Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
$23,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 54 in W 42 in D 1 in
America-La France Variations VII (large hand signed lithograph)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Aventura, FL
America-La France Variations VII (B. 303; E. & Ba. 335). Lithograph on white Arches cover paper in 11 colors with black German etching paper, blue TGL handmade paper with multicolor...
Paper, Lithograph
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.5 in W 16.5 in
Untitled (Cross Hatch) /// Abstract Geometric Jasper Johns Minimal Screenprint
By Jasper Johns
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jasper Johns (American, 1930-) Title: "Untitled (Cross Hatch)" Series: Jasper Johns Screenprints *Unsigned edition Year: 1977 Medium: Original Screenprint on Patapar printing...
Screen, Parchment Paper
America La France Variations III
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) is one of the essential American abstract painters that radically defined post-war abstraction in New York City. Today, his work appears in museum coll...
Lithograph
Spring Run XVI
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Vivid color monotype by American Abstract Expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler, signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Printed and published in collaboration with Tyler Gr...
Monotype
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
29.88 x 22.36 ins (75.9 x 56.8 cms) Edition of 96 Signature:Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right ...
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
By Franz Kline
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Provenance: Marlborough Gallery David McKee, Inc. Manny Silverman Gallery Private collection, Los Angeles
Paper, Ink
Robert Motherwell, Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Stamford, CT
"Untitled" Lithograph by Robert Motherwell on Arches Paper. Signed and numbered 198/225 in pencil. Printed by Irwin Hollander, New York, with artists blind stamp. Published by Ta...
Paper
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H 21.5 in W 17.875 in
Nocturne V (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
Lithograph
Lament for Lorca
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper 44x61 in (111.8x154.9cm) Edition of 52
Color, Lithograph
Samurai
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Signature: Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right Edition: 16
Lithograph
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.