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CR 522
Black Cathedral
1991
lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper
67 x 47 in. (170.2 x 162.6 cm)
Signature
Signed "RM" in pencil lower left
Inscriptions
Numbered in pencil lower left; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM90-1035" in pencil reverse lower left
Edition
40
Proofs
1 archive proof
14 AP, numbered 1/14-14/14
1 CP
1 CTP
2 PP
1 RTP
1 TP
1 WP
14 AP, numbered 1/14-14/14
1 CP
1 CTP
2 PP
1 RTP
1 TP
1 WP
Publisher
Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York
Printer
Kevin Falco, assisted by Lee Funderburg and Eric Ting; and John Hutcheson, assisted by John Fulton, Tyler Graphics Ltd.
Collaborators
Papermaking by Tom Strianese, assisted by Paul Imboden, Jed Marshall, Brian Maxwell, and Paul Stillpass; image stencils hand-cut by Strianese; prep work for continuous-tone lithography by Kenneth Tyler; plate preparation, processing, and proofing by Funderburg and Hutcheson, assisted by Falco
Production Sequence
7 colors (including 2 pulp colors and 1 dye color) printed in 5 steps from 4 aluminum plates: 1. TGL paper hand-colored using light orange and orange pulps and orange-red dye applied to a white pulp base sheet; 2. orange – plate; 3. red – plate; 4. black – plate; 5. black – plate
Concordance
TGL RM95
Comments
This print is based on Untitled, a collage from 1977, which was part of a small series of works Motherwell referred to as "Cathedrals." Several impressions are stamped with the workshop number "RM88-1035."
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