Robert Motherwell
Black for Mozart
1991
Lithograph and collage, Edition of 40
162.6 x 104.1 cms (64 x 41 ins)
RM15195
CR 521

Paper:White Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper; white Rives BFK paper; Korean Kozo natural fiber handmade paper
Signature:Signed "RM" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM90-1034" in pencil reverse lower left
Edition:40
Proofs:1 archive proof
16 AP, numbered 1/16-16/16
1 CP
1 CTP
2 PP
1 RTP
3 TP
1 WP
Printer: Kevin Falco, assisted by Lee Funderburg and Eric Ting, Tyler Graphics Ltd.
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Mount Kisco, New York.
Other Collaborators:Papermaking by Tom Strianese, assisted by Jed Marshall and Brian Maxwell; image stencils hand-cut by Strianese; prep work for continuous-tone lithography by Kenneth Tyler; aluminum plate preparation, processing, and proofing by Falco and Hutcheson, assisted by Ting; preparation and adhering of collage elements by Falco and Hutcheson
Production Sequence:14 colors (including 3 pulp colors, 1 dye color, and 2 colored papers) printed in 11 steps from 8 aluminum plates: 1. TGL paper hand-colored using green, blue, and red pulps applied to a white pulp base sheet; 2. black - plate (on TGL paper); 3. red - plate (on same paper as step 2); 4. black - plate (on same paper as step 2); 5. gray dye applied to the dampened TGL paper; 6. gray - plate (on Rives BFK paper); 7. light orange - plate (on same paper as step 6); 8. yellow - plate (on same paper as step 6); 9. dark orange - plate (on same paper as step 6); 10. black - plate (on Kozo paper); 11. collage: printed papers from steps 6-10 torn and adhered to printed TGL paper (from steps 2-4)
Concordance:TGL RM94