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PaintingsAmerican20th century

Elegy

1948

Artists

Robert MotherwellArtist

Classification

Paintings

Technique

Collage

Medium

Paper collage and gouache on masonite

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

Dimensions

sight: 74.9 x 60 cm (29 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.) framed: 79.7 x 64.5 x 4.5 cm (31 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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