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CR 256
Primal Sign I
1980
aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on Whatman paper
28 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (72.4 x 54.6 cm)
plate size: 23 1/2 x 18 in. (59.7 x 45.7 cm) and 23 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (59.7 x 24.8 cm)
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
1 CP
Publisher
Artist; released by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York
Printer
Catherine Mosley, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut
Production Sequence
2 colors printed in 2 runs from 1 zinc plate and 1 copper plate: 1. brown – zinc plate (aquatint); 2. black – copper plate (lift-ground etching and aquatint)
Concordance
B 223
Comments
The black plate measures 23 1/2 x 18 in.; the brown plate measures 23 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
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