{"product_id":"robert-motherwell-spanish-elegy-ii-1975","title":"ROBERT MOTHERWELL \"SPANISH ELEGY II\" 1975","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/robert-motherwell\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Motherwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters who radically defined modern painting and established New York City as the center of the postwar art world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, teaching, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMotherwell's aesthetic is instantly recognizable in both paintings and prints for its repeated motifs: monumental black forms, sometimes aggressive, sometimes spontaneous, that seem to confidently devour their pictorial plane.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile it is almost impossible to decipher any trace of figuration in Motherwell's oeuvre, he was inspired by and frequently referenced literature, politics, and art history. One of his most enduring subjects was the Spanish Civil War, which inspired his celebrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElegy to the Spanish Republic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series. Begun in 1948, this extensive body of work became one of the defining achievements of his career, transforming political mourning into a powerful visual language of abstraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Spanish Elegy II\"\u003cspan\u003e inaugurates Motherwell's use of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElegy to the Spanish Republic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e motif in his printmaking practice. Its composition echoes numerous small ink-and-brush drawings he produced in the mid-1970s, translating the immediacy of his gestural approach into print. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stark contrast between the black forms and open ground distills the emotional intensity of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eElegies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e into a concise graphic statement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is held in the permanent collection of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/motherwell-spanish-elegy-i-p12201\"\u003eTate\u003c\/a\u003e, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Spanish Elegy II\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA, 1975\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLithograph on cream HMP handmade paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned \"Motherwell\" in pencil lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumbered \"27\/38\" in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; artist's chop mark lower right; workshop number \"RM75-165\" reverse lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted by Robert Bigelow, Tyler Graphics Ltd.; Stone preparation, processing, and proofing by Kenneth Tyler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22\"H 32\"W (sheet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: Some impressions of this print are inscribed \"II\" and numbered incorrectly as an edition of 45.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcordance: B144; TGL 389 RM8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatalogue Raisonné: Listed in the Dedalus online catalogue; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dedalusfoundation.org\/robert-motherwell\/catalogues-raisonne\/prints-editioned-works\/view\/cr-175-spanish-elegy-ii\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCR 175\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition. Note: slight wave in sheet due to the stone litho process on thick handmade paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Motherwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68099261497580,"sku":"11-26","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Robert-Motherwell-Beige-Open-Etching-1981_01.jpg?v=1793988120","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/robert-motherwell-spanish-elegy-ii-1975","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}