Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
ROBERT MOTHERWELL | SPANISH ELEGY
Auction Closed
June 30, 01:51 AM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ROBERT MOTHERWELL
1915 - 1991
SPANISH ELEGY
signed on the backing board
oil and graphite on canvas board
9 by 12 in. 22.9 by 30.5 cm.
Executed in 1959.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Gimpel Fils, London (acquired in 1961)
Private Collection, UK (acquired in 1966)
Private Collection, London (acquired in 1975)
Private Collection, California (acquired in 1975)
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired in 1975)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1976
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford Eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London 2012, pp. 126-127, no. P200, illustrated in color