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CR 363
The Green Studio
1985
aquatint and etching on German Etching paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
plate size: 5 x 12 in. (12.7 x 30.5 cm)
Signature
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right
Edition
50
Proofs
1 archive proof
10 AP, numbered I/X-X/X
8 HC
2 PP
unique proofs (unrecorded)
10 AP, numbered I/X-X/X
8 HC
2 PP
unique proofs (unrecorded)
Publisher
Artist; released by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York
Printer
Catherine Mosley, assisted by Diana Donaldson, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut
Production Sequence
2 colors printed in 2 runs from 2 copper plates: 1. green – plate (aquatint); 2. black – plate (etching)
Concordance
B 331
Comments
The Green Studio was derived from a trial proof for A la pintura: To the Palette (cat. no. 113). The original plate was a line etching printed in red Motherwell felt that the line structure could be made into a second version of the composition but determined that, alone, the delicate lattice lines were too light in weight. For this print, the original A la pintura proof was copied and made into two new plates: a line plate printed in black and an aquatint plate printed in green.
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