Robert Motherwell
Black Cathedral
lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper
170.2 x 119.4 cm / 67 x 64 inches
Edition of 40
RM17876
CR#522
Signature: Signed "RM" in pencil lower left
Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower left; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM90-1035" in pencil reverse lower left
Proofs:1 archive proof
14 AP, numbered 1/14-14/14
1 CP
1 CTP
2 PP
1 RTP
1 TP
1 WP
Publisher:Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York
Printer:Kevin Falco, assisted by Lee Funderburg and Eric Ting; and John Hutcheson, assisted by John Fulton, Tyler Graphics Ltd.
Other Collaborators: Papermaking by Tom Strianese, assisted by Paul Imboden, Jed Marshall, Brian Maxwell, and Paul Stillpass; image stencils hand-cut by Strianese; prep work for continuous-tone lithography by Kenneth Tyler; plate preparation, processing, and proofing by Funderburg and Hutcheson, assisted by Falco
Production Sequence: 7 colors (including 2 pulp colors and 1 dye color) printed in 5 steps from 4 aluminum plates: 1. TGL paper hand-colored using light orange and orange pulps and orange-red dye applied to a white pulp base sheet; 2. orange - plate; 3. red - plate; 4. black - plate; 5. black - plate
Siri Engberg and Joan Banach 'Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991. Catalogue Raisonne', Walker Art Center and Hudson Hills Press, New York, 2003 (illustrated pl.522, p.396)
ISBN: 1-55595-163-5