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CR 443
Sirens I
1988
aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint, and soft-grount etching on Arches paper
22 1/4 x 26 in. (56.5 x 66 cm)
plate size: 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (37.5 x 47.6 cm)
Signature
Signed "RM" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower right; artist’s chop mark lower right
Edition
49
Proofs
1 archive proof
10 AP, numbered I/X-X/X
2 CP
HC (unrecorded)
TP (unrecorded)
10 AP, numbered I/X-X/X
2 CP
HC (unrecorded)
TP (unrecorded)
Publisher
Artist; released by Waddington Graphics Ltd., London
Printer
Catherine Mosley, artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut
Production Sequence
3 colors printed in 3 runs from 2 copper plates and 1 zinc plate: 1. yellow – copper plate (aquatint); 2. black – copper plate (lift-ground etching and aquatint); 3. black – zinc plate (soft-ground etching)
Concordance
B 382
Comments
Sirens I and II (cat. nos. 443 and 444) are based on Untitled, a drawing from 1980. Motherwell chose this drawing as a general matrix for the two etchings. The ground treatment in both prints is varied but reflects the overpainted surround technique of the original.
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