Three Poems: Red Samurai

1988

lithograph, linoleum block print, and chine appliqué; letterpress
21 1/2 x 36 in. (54.6 x 91.4 cm)

Paper

Arches paper; Japanese Masa Dosa handmade paper

Signature

Signed “RM” in pencil lower left

Inscriptions

Numbered in pencil lower right; inscribed “21” in pencil on reverse by publisher; (c) ink stamp for poetry, lithography and translation on reverse

Production Sequence

4 colors (including 1 colored paper) printed in 4 steps from 2 aluminum plates and 1 aluminum black: 1. red – plate (on Masa Dosa paper); 2. black – plate (on same paper as step 1); 3. red – linoleum block (on same paper as step 1); 4. Masa Dosa paper adhered to Arches paper (chine appliqué); text printed in letterpress