Several years later Motherwell retroactively titled the original image Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. This led to the Elegies to the Spanish Republic, a series of artworks which Motherwell continued to produce for the rest of his life, using the same visual motif of rough ovoid and rectangular forms. He rediscovered it roughly one year later and decided to rework its basic elements. The second issue of Possibilities did not materialize, and Motherwell placed the image in storage. The stark image was meant to 'illustrate' the violence of the poem in an abstract, non-literal way Motherwell therefore preferred the term 'illumination'. The top half was a handwritten, stylized rendering of the poem's final three lines, and the bottom half was a visual element consisting of roughly rendered black ovoid and rectangular forms against a white background. During the latter year Motherwell created an image incorporating Rosenberg's poem, meant for inclusion in the review's second issue. During 1947-48, Rosenberg collaborated with Motherwell and others to produce Possibilities, an art review.
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