Chair

1972

lithograph on Rives BFK paper
38 5/8 x 27 5/8 in. (98.1 x 70.2 cm)

Signature

Signed "Robert Motherwell" in pencil lower right

Inscriptions

Dated "72" in plate upper left; publisher's chop mark lower left

Edition

300

Proofs

25 AP, numbered, I-XXV
5 impressions on Mylar, numbered 1/5-5/5
unnumbered impressions on Mylar (unrecorded)
other proofs (unrecorded)

Publisher

Erker-Presse, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Printer

Erker-Presse

Production Sequence

4 colors printed in 4 runs from 3 stones and 1 aluminum plate: 1. orange – stone; 2. brown – stone; 3. gray – stone; 4. beige – plate

Concordance

B 79

Comments

Founded in 1829 by the citizens and artists of Düsseldorf, the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen is an arts club whose programs include exhibitions, publications, and lectures. This lithograph was published as a subscription offering for members.

The original publisher's documentation sheet lists the title in German as Grosse Komposition, which means "large composition."

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