Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right

Numbered in pencil lower left; workshop chop mark lower left

5

2 AP
4 HC, numbered 1-4
1 PP
other proofs (unrecorded)

Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York

Donn Steward, Universal Limited Art Editions

1 color printed in 1 run from 1 copper plate: indigo – plate

B 34; ULAE 5

Though the process is essentially out of use today, mezzotint was employed by Motherwell in two editions made with Donn Steward at ULAE in the course of their work on A la pintura. Steward demonstrated the process to Motherwell, who created the plate for this edition himself. Because of the arduous nature of the technique, Motherwell chose aquatint in future editions to achieve a similar surface tone.

The color of the hors commerce impressions differs slightly from the edition proofs. Several impressions were inscribed "mezzotint proof."

See also cat. no. 63.