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CR 173
Poe’s Abyss
1975
lithograph on white Arjomari mould-made paper
46 x 42 in. (116.8 x 106.7 cm)
Signature
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right; signed "Motherwell" (reversed) in plate upper left
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; dated "74" (reversed) in plate upper left; workshop chop mark lower right; artist's chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM75-143" in pencil reverse lower left
Edition
16
Proofs
1 archive proof
7 AP, numbered I-VII
1 CP
1 PP
1 RTP
5 TP, numbered 1-5
WP (unrecorded)
7 AP, numbered I-VII
1 CP
1 PP
1 RTP
5 TP, numbered 1-5
WP (unrecorded)
Publisher
Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York
Printer
Robert Bigelow, assisted by Igor Zakowortney, Tyler Graphics Ltd.
Collaborators
Stone and plate preparation, processing, and proofing by Kenneth Tyler
Production Sequence
2 colors printed in 2 runs from 1 stone and 1 aluminum plate: 1. dark brown – stone; 2. black – plate
Concordance
B 142; TGL 387 RM6
Comments
Motherwell signed this work in 1974 but it was not published until 1975. Trial proof impressions were printed in variations from black to brown.
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