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CR 193
Red Sea I
1976
aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on Arches Cover paper
41 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (105.4 x 74.3 cm)
plate size: 23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in. (60.3 x 50.5 cm)
Signature
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right
Edition
100
Proofs
20 AP, numbered I/XX-XX/XX
HC (unrecorded)
PP (unrecorded)
TP (unrecorded)
HC (unrecorded)
PP (unrecorded)
TP (unrecorded)
Publisher
Abrams Original Editions, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
Printer
Catherine Mosley, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut
Production Sequence
2 colors printed in 2 runs from 2 copper plates: 1. red – plate (aquatint); 2. black – plate (lift-ground etching and aquatint)
Concordance
B 158
Comments
This edition was printed to coincide with the publication of Robert Motherwell by H. H. Arnason, a monograph published in 1977 by Harry N. Abrams, New York. The book was the first major study of Motherwell's work and included a preface by Bryan Robertson.
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