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Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 108

Robert Motherwell · 1965–67

Catalog medium
Oil on canvas
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art
Accession
155.1970

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Metric
208.2 × 351.1 cm
Approx. imperial
6 ft 10 in × 11 ft 6.2 in
Planar area (calculated)
7.31 m²
Width / 170 cm reference
2.07×
Height / 170 cm reference
1.22×

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MoMA characterizes Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 108 through an interaction of organic/geometric and accidental/deliberate structure, while Motherwell connected the Elegies to memory of the Spanish Civil War and broader life/death metaphors.

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