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Lot 265
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Robert Motherwell

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Red Sea III (Walker Art Center 316)
  • Aquatint and etching printed in colors
  • plate: 720 by 296 mm 28 3/8 by 11 3/4 in
  • sheet: 905 by 464 mm 35 5/8 by 18 3/8 in
Aquatint and etching printed in red and black, 1983, signed in pencil, numbered 43/70 (total edition includes 10 artist's proofs), on Georges DuchĂȘne Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper, published by the artist with his blindstamp and released by Tyler Graphics Ltd., framed

Condition

With full margins, the print is in good condition. Occasional unobtrusive fox marks in the left, right and bottom margins and minor skinning in the top right corner. The verso, with a quarter-sized area of discoloration in the center of the sheet. (Such discoloration does not show through to the recto.)
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