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CR 229
The Wave
1978
soft-ground etching and chine collé
30 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (78.1 x 65.4 cm)
plate size: 23 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (59.1 x 50.2 cm)
Paper
Gray Rives BFK paper; red Japanese paper
Signature
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right
Edition
60
Proofs
10 AP, numbered I/X-X/X
1 CP
TP (unrecorded)
1 CP
TP (unrecorded)
Publisher
Artist, released by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York
Printer
Catherine Mosley, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut
Production Sequence
2 colors (including 1 colored paper) printed in 2 steps from 1 copper plate: 1. black – plate (on Rives BFK paper); 2. Japanese paper adhered to Rives BFK paper (chine collé)
Concordance
B 198
Comments
The black plate for this print was made in 1974. The collage element of red Japanese paper was added in 1978 and looks like a comb. This effect was achieved by pressing a piece of cardboard into the soft-ground of the etching plate.
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