Dutch Linen Suite: Untitled

1974

lift-ground etching and aquatint on gray Dutch Linen handmade paper
29 x 25 in. (73.7 x 63.5 cm)
plate size: 19 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (49.5 x 40 cm)

Signature

Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower left

Inscriptions

Numbered in pencil lower left; artist's chop mark lower right

Edition

Proofs

4 AP, numbered I/IV-IV/IV
PP (unrecorded)
TP (unrecorded)

Publisher

Artist; released by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York

Printer

Catherine Mosley, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut

Production Sequence

1 color printed in 1 run from 1 copper plate: black – plate

Concordance

B 130

Comments

This sequence of five etchings is distinguished by the very rough and irregular surface of the paper. Each impression printed looks somewhat different. A popular paper at the time, Dutch Linen contains flecks of color as well as metal filings from the screens used in the papermaking process. These filings occasionally showed up as rust spots after the paper was dried.

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