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Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. LV

1955–60

Robert Motherwell

(American, 1915–1991)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 181 x 196 x 4 cm (71 1/4 x 77 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 178.1 x 193.7 cm (70 1/8 x 76 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1963.583
Copyright
© Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

In 1964, the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper announced our acquisition of this artwork with the headline, "Museum Buys Weird Abstract 'Painting.'"

Description

This abstract composition belongs to a series of more than 250 compositions expressing Robert Motherwell's response to the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) and its struggle against fascism. Here the bold, black ovals and vertical rectangular bars press against one another in front of a background of sweeping white brushstrokes. The contrasts of form and color suggest metaphors for war and peace, life and death, freedom and oppression.

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. LV

1955–60

Robert Motherwell

(American, 1915–1991)
America

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