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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Lot 661

ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Untitled, from The Basque Suite: Unique Variant (Belknap 57; Engberg & Banach 86)

Closed31 October 2007

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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Untitled, from The Basque Suite: Unique Variant (Belknap 57; Engberg & Banach 86)
screenprint in colors with false platemark, circa 1971, on wove paper, presumably an unrecorded trial proof, annotated 'OK RM in presence of Chris Prater NY' in ink and '7' in pencil, with full margins, pale light-staining, occassional soft rubbing and scuffing, a 2-in. crescent shaped crease at lower right, two smaller handling creases at lower center and upper left, a soft fold at the upper right edge, hinge remains at the reverse of all four corners, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 22¾ x 17 5/8 in. (575 x 448 mm.)
S. 27¾ x 21¾ in. (705 x 553 mm.)

Specialist note

The annotations on the present lot seem to indicate that it is a 'right to print' proof. However, the final editioned screenprint differs from this impression in several aspects. The green in the background is olive, rather than the bright kelly green here, and is truncated about one quarter of the way up. In addition, the red is not present (the same screen is printed in gray/black) and there is no false platemark.

Chris Prater of Kelpra Studio was the master printer who collaborated with Motherwell on The Basque Suite.