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CR 8
In Black with Yellow Ochre
1963
lithograph on white wove German Copperplate paper
30 x 21 in. (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
Signature
Signed "Robert Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions
Dated "63" in pencil lower right; numbered in pencil lower left; workshop chop mark lower left
Edition
21
Proofs
TP (unrecorded)
WP (unrecorded)
4 impressions inscribed “Proof A”–“Proof D”
WP (unrecorded)
4 impressions inscribed “Proof A”–“Proof D”
Publisher
Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York
Printer
Zigmunds Priede, Universal Limited Art Editions
Production Sequence
2 colors printed in 2 runs from 2 stones: 1. black – stone. 2. ochre – stone
Concordance
B 4; ULAE 3
Comments
This print, with its obvious reference to landscape, is based on a painting on paper of the same title from 1960. The gestural figure is silhouetted and floats between horizontal stripes against a flat ground. To accommodate Motherwell's desire that the colors blend in a manner closely approximating the surface qualities of a painting. Zigmunds Priede printed consecutive inkings quickly without waiting for each color to dry.
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