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Black Mountain (State II) by Robert Motherwell

Black Mountain (State II)

Robert Motherwell

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Title
Black Mountain (State II)
Description

Original aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint printed in 2 colors (red, black) in 2 runs from 2 copper plates on Georges Duchène Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper.

Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Motherwell.

A superb impression of the definitive state, from the edition of 32 (plus proofs of various types), numbered in pencil also lower right. Published by the artist, bearing his blindstamp in the sheet lower right; released by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York; printed by Catherine Mosley at the artist’s studio, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Catalog: Engberg/Banach 302; Belknap 267.

17 ¾ x 23 5/8 inches

Sheet Size: 24 ¼ x 31 inches

In excellent condition, with strong, fresh colors, printed on a full sheet.

Date
1983
Edition
32
Signature
Signed
Image
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
Sheet
24 1/4 x 31 inches
Status
Sold
The Artist

Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell: Painter, Writer and Prolific Printmaker

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), born in Aberdeen, Washington, was the youngest of the original Abstract Expressionists and its most intellectual voice. He studied philosophy and aesthetics before turning to painting, and he edited The Dada Painters and Poets (1951), a landmark anthology. His work draws on Surrealist automatism, French poetry and a deep feeling for the politics and tragedy of the 20th century. Robert Motherwell prints carry that mix of gesture, restraint and emotion into some of the most important American editions of the postwar period.

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