White Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper; Arches Cover mould-made paper

Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right

Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM83-708" in pencil reverse lower left

70

1 archive proof
20 AP, numbered I/XX-XX/XX
1 CP
2 PP
1 RTP

Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York

Roger Campbell and Lee Funderburg, Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Papermaking by Steve Reeves and Tom Strianese; prep work for transfer from artist’s original paper collage material to print processes by Kenneth Tyler; preparation of film copy from collage elements for platemaking by Funderburg; plate preparation and processing by Funderburg; adhering of collage elements by Campbell, Funderburg, and Tyler

12 colors printed in 13 steps from 12 aluminum plates: 1. tan – plate (on TGL paper); 2. yellow-ochre – plate (on same paper as step 1); 3. red – plate (on same paper as step 1); 4. dark tan – plate (on same paper as step 1); 5. brown – plate (on same paper as step 1); 6. red – plate (on same paper as step 1); 7. gray – plate (on same paper as step 1); 8. blue – plate (on same paper as step 1); 9. black – plate (on same paper as step 1); 10. medium tan – plate (on Arches Cover paper); 11. green – plate (on same paper as step 10); 12. blue – plate (on same paper as step 10); 13. collage: printed Arches Cover paper (from runs 10-12) cut and adhered to printed TGL paper

B 297; TGL 443 RM62

Motherwell developed the America-La France Variations series over the course of two years in collaboration with Kenneth Tyler. The imagery for each print evolved through preparatory collages, which were then trial proofed at various stages.

To commemorate the opening of its new print study room, the Walker Art Center had an offset poster made of this image, measuring 39 x 24 1/2 in. (99 x 62.2 cm). It was printed by Tyler Graphics Ltd. and includes the text: "The Walker Art Center Announces the McKnight Print Study Room and the Acquisition of the Tyler Graphics Archives."