About the Artwork
Black 4
1968 or 1969
Robert Motherwell (Artist) American, 1915-1991 Donn Steward (Printer) American Esther Pullman (Printer) Juda Rosenberg (Printer) Universal Limited Art Editions (Publisher)
Lift-ground aquatint with etched lines and brushed aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 17 × 28 1/4 inches (43.2 × 71.8 cm) Sheet: 25 3/4 × 38 inches (65.4 × 96.5 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund
73.16
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Markings
Inscribed, printed by letterpress in black and blue ink, lower left: [text in English and Spanish]
Stamp, in yellow, lower left: 11/40 Stamp, in yellow, lower right: ROBERT | "a la pintura" | MOTHERWELL [in oval]Publisher's drystamp, lower left
Provenance
1973-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Sparks, Esther. Universal Limited Art Editions: A History and Catalogue, The First Twenty-Five Years. Chicago, 1989.
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Robert Motherwell, Black 4, 1968 or 1969, lift-ground aquatint with etched lines and brushed aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund, 73.16.
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