Lot 24 · Post-War and Contemporary Art (Evening Sale)
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 71
Robert Motherwell · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- $600,000–$800,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) , New York · 10 November 2004
- Dimensions
- 71 x 133 in. (180.3 x 337.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5873678
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 71. Christie's, 10 Nov 2004, lot 24. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5873678.
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Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 71. Christie's, 10 Nov 2004, lot 24. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5873678.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Brushstroke Group | Roy Lichtenstein | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | red, cut by black | $2,900,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 | |
| Robert Motherwell | Spanish Elegy XIV (Palamos) | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 160 | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Robert Motherwell 羅伯特・馬瑟韋爾 | Red, Cut By Black 被黑色分割的紅 | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 130 | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | elegy study no. xiii | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Open No. 81: In Blue with Charcoal Line | Christie's, May 2018 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | elegy to the spanish republic no. 169 | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.