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CR. 229 The Wave

The Wave

 1978

CR. 229 The Wave

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)

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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