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CR 17
The Paris Review [poster]
1965
screenprint on Beckett Cartridge paper
34 x 26 in. (86.4 x 66 cm)
Signature
Signed "RM" in pencil upper right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil upper right
Edition
150
Proofs
AP (unrecorded)
Publisher
The Paris Review, Flushing, New York
Printer
Chiron Press, New York
Production Sequence
3 colors printed in 3 runs from 3 screens: 1. blue – screen; 2. brown – screen; 3. black – screen
Concordance
B Appendix 9
Comments
Produced as a fundraiser, this editioned poster was based on a collage from 1964 titled The America Cup, which contained a label with the inscription "12 Meters," taken from a roll of canvas in the artist's studio. Motherwell replaced the inscription with "The Paris Review" on the poster. It was the first of several graphics Motherwell contributed to support the magazine.
The poster was printed in a format larger than the original. The collage element in the original, which looks like a sail, was white paper cut to resemble a torn sheet and adhered to a base sheet printed in blue.
The poster was printed in a format larger than the original. The collage element in the original, which looks like a sail, was white paper cut to resemble a torn sheet and adhered to a base sheet printed in blue.
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