Important Prints & Multiples: Part I
Important Prints & Multiples: Part I
A la Pintura (Belknap 82-102; Walker Art Center 111-131)
Lot Closed
October 21, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Robert Motherwell
1915 - 1991
A la Pintura (Belknap 82-102; Walker Art Center 111-131)
The book, comprising 19 aquatints printed in colors and two etchings printed in colors, 1968-72, with text by Raphael Alberti, signed in black ink on the colophon and numbered 38/40 (total edition includes eight artist's proofs), each sheet also stamped with the numbering, on unbound J. Green mould-made paper, with title page and table of contents, each with the blindstamp of the printer and publisher, ULAE, West Islip, New York, lacking the handmade wooden box, framed (21 prints)
sheets: 654 by 965 mm 25¾ by 38 in
framed: 740 by 1047 mm 29⅛ by 41¼ in