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Lot 444
  • 444

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Untitled (W.A.C. 110)
  • larger sheet 597 by 458 mm 23 1/2 by 18 in
Lithograph, 1972, signed in pencil and numbered 4/25, on Jeff Goodman handmade paper, with the blindstamp of the printer, ULAE, published by Spanish Refugee Aid, Inc., New York, and with their ink stamp; together with new york international: untitled (W.A.C. 50), lithograph, 1966, signed in pencil and numbered 216/225, on BFK Rives paper, published by Tanglewood Press, New York, the full sheets, in good condition except each with time stain, the first with a few fox marks, one framed (2 prints)

Condition

The sheet edges of each print have darkened over time. The first lithograph has 8 or so fox marks, 2 conspicuous, scattered in the margins and a pale stain at upper left. The second has a soft diagonal crease at the upper right corner measuring 4 inches and a few soft handling creases throughout.
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