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CR. 228 Abyss

Abyss

 1978

CR. 228 Abyss

monotype and collage
24 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. (61.6 x 75.6 cm)

Paper

Buff Fabriano paper; black Japanese paper

Signature

Signed "RM" in pencil upper right

Inscriptions

Numbered in pencil upper right; artist's chop mark lower right

Edition

25, lettered A-Y

Proofs

4 AP, numbered I/IV-IV/IV
TP (unrecorded)

Publisher

Artist, released by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York

Printer

Catherine Mosley, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut

Production Sequence

Monotype printed in 2 steps from 1 copper plate: 1. ochre – plate (on Fabriano paper); 2. collage: Japanese paper, hand torn

Concordance

B 197

Comments

This image is related to several collages that Motherwell made in 1973-1974 serially titled Poe. The monotype background and hand-torn collage, which are unique in each print, make this a variant edition.

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