Whatman paper; black Moriki handmade paper

Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right

Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right

26, lettered A-Z

1 archive proof
7 AP, numbered I/VII-VII/VII
2 CP
3 HC
2 PP

Artist; released by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York

Catherine Mosley, assisted by Diana Donaldson, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut

4 colors (including 1 colored paper) printed in 4 steps from 3 copper plates: 1. orange – plate (aquatint, on Whatman paper); 2. blue – plate (aquatint, on same paper as step 1); 3. black – plate (line etching and aquatint, on second Whatman paper); 4. collage: printed Whatman paper (from step 3) and Moriki paper torn and adhered to printed Whatman paper (from steps 1-2)

B 329

Motherwell chose to assemble each of the prints in this edition by hand. The impressions are lettered. The printed collage elements is a fragment of Black Open (cat. no. 358).