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Print173 Iso

Poe’s Abyss

 1975

Print173 Iso

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)

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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