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CR 219
Atascadero I
1978
lithograph on Georges Duchêne Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper
36 x 18 1/2 in. (91.4 x 47 cm)
Signature
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; artist's chop mark lower right; dated "1976" in pencil reverse lower left; workshop number "RM73-546" in pencil reverse lower left; workshop stamp in black ink reverse lower left
Edition
21
Proofs
10 AP, numbered I/X-X/X
1 CP
1 CTP
3 Gemini G.E.L. impressions, numbered I-III
1 PP
1 RTP
TP (unrecorded)
1 CP
1 CTP
3 Gemini G.E.L. impressions, numbered I-III
1 PP
1 RTP
TP (unrecorded)
Publisher
Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer
Jim Webb, assisted by Serge Lozingot and Barbara Thomason, Gemini G.E.L.
Collaborators
Plate processing and proofing by Kenneth Tyler; collaboration and supervision by Ron McPherson
Production Sequence
2 colors printed in 2 runs from 2 aluminum plates: 1. brown – plate; 2. black – plate
Concordance
B 155; GGEL 799; NGA 34.20
Comments
The title refers to the town in California where Motherwell attended Moran Preparatory School. Plates for the three Atascadero lithographs were prepared in 1973 during Motherwell's visit to Gemini G.E.L. They were editioned in 1976, but not released until 1978.
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