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CR 337
America – La France Variations IX
1984
lithograph and collage
28 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (72.4 x 55.3 cm)
Paper
Mottled tan Australian Bemboka handmade paper; white Arches Cover mould-made paper
Signature
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM83-719" in pencil reverse lower left
Edition
60
Proofs
1 archive proof
18 AP, numbered I/XVIII-XVIII/XVIII
1 CP
1 CTP
1 presentation proof
2 PP
1 RTP
18 AP, numbered I/XVIII-XVIII/XVIII
1 CP
1 CTP
1 presentation proof
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 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
Production Sequence
6 colors (including 1 colored paper) printed in 6 steps from 5 aluminum plates: 1. green – plate (on Arches Cover paper); 2. light tan – plate (on same paper as step 1); 3. light green-tan – plate (on same paper as step 1); 4. blue – plate (on same paper as step 1); 5. black – plate (on same paper as step 1); 6. collage: printed Arches Cover paper (from steps 1-5) torn and adhered to Bemboka paper
Concordance
B 305; TGL 451 RM70
Comments
See also Comments for cat. no. 329.
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