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Lot 328
  • 328

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • The Razor's Edge (W. A. C. 362)
  • etching and aquatint
  • 400 by 503 mm 15 3/4 by 19 3/4 in
  • sheet 597 by 685 mm 23 1/2 by 27 in
Aquatint and etching printed in brown and black, 1985, signed in pencil, inscribed 'AP VIII/VIII', one of eight artist's proofs aside from the numbered edition of 36, on German Etching paper, published by the artist, and with his blindstamp, released by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, framed

Condition

With full margins, in good condition, apart from three pale areas of mottled discoloration (two in the upper margin, one in the lower at center showing through from the verso). The lower sheet edge has a pressure mark at left corner and a horizontal crease at right.
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