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Robert Motherwell
Return, from the Octavio Paz Suite (unique signed position proof) Engberg/Banach

1988

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Robert Motherwell Return, from the Octavio Paz Suite, 1988 Lithograph and chine appliqué on watermarked Japanese Gampi hand made paper applied on Arches paper Hand-signed by artist, signed and annotated "position proof"; a unique position proof, aside from the regular edition of 50 (there were also X artist's proofs) 23 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches Unframed Catalogue Raisonne References: Belknap 354-380 Concordance: 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. 424) ISBN: 1-55595-163-5 signed and annotated "position proof"; a unique proof, aside from the regular edition of 50 (there were also X artist's proofs) The present work, entitled "Return" is from The Octavio Paz Suite, a collection of twenty-seven lithographs published in 1988 in a volume untitled 'Three poems", with three writings by the celebrated Mexican poet Octavio Paz. The Limited Editions Club, New York (There was a separate unsigned book edition of 750, signed only on the colophon page) In order to create delicate, crisp lines, the lithograph was created on watermarked Japanese Gampi hand made paper applied on Arches paper, and the result is this very subtle, poignant work
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