Black Concentrated

1983

lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper
15 x 37 3/4 in. (38.1 x 95.9 cm)

Signature

Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower left

Inscriptions

Numbered in pencil lower left; workshop chop mark lower left; workshop number "RM81-635" in pencil reverse lower right

Edition

Proofs

1 archive proof
14 AP, numbered I/XIV-XIV/XIV
1 CP
2 PP
1 RTP

Publisher

Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York

Printer

Roger Campbell and Lee Funderburg, Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Collaborators

Papermaking by Steve Reeves and Tom Strianese; prep work for continuous-tone lithography by Kenneth Tyler; plate preparation and processing by Funderburg

Production Sequence

1 color printed in 1 run from 1 aluminum plate: black – plate

Concordance

B 280; TGL 429 RM48

Comments

During the production of El Negro, seven images were selected by Motherwell to be printed on separate editions. This is the eleventh image in the book.

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