Robert Motherwell Oy/Yo. 1978. Weichgrundätzung,... Lot n° 11

American Modernism Abstract Expressionism Robert Motherwell Oy/Yo. 1978. soft ground etching, color aquatint, etching and collage on light brown, firm wove paper. 50.1 x 39.6 cm (68 x 55 cm). Signed and numbered. With the artist's copyright blindstamp "Robert Motherwell / Editions". - Paper in the upper and lower margin technically slightly wavy, verso in the two upper corners narrow mounting remnants, overall very good. Splendid, experimental-looking print with slightly impressed platemark and wide margin, left with the scoop margin. Belknap 196, Engberg/Banach 227. - One of 78 copies (+ 10 AP). - Published by Brooke Alexander, Inc, New York, printed in the artist's studio, Greenwich. - Provenance: Horizon Gallery, Massachussets, with their Gaslerie label on the back board. - Imposingly, Motherwell sets the black rectangular form against a dense neutral color field of rich ochre and sand-colored paper. It evokes memories of a thick brushstroke, confidently presented against the background. Motherwell often uses earth tones to enhance the impact of his black shapes and lines. Text is a device he returns to again and again in his prints, especially from the 1970s. In our print, the fine-line red text on the black central area-as "Oy/Yo" states-is drawn by hand on the plate. Motherwell intertwines image and script into an inseparable unity, melding them into an impressively calligraphic typeface. Soft ground etching, color aquatint, etching and collage on light-brown, strong wove paper. Signed and numbered. With the artist's copyright blindstamp "Robert Motherwell / Editions". - Paper hardly buckled in upper and lower margin due to technique, small traces from previous mounting in both upper cornes on the verso, all in all very good. Splendid, experimental-like impression with lightly impressed plate mark and wide margin, deckle edge on the left. - One of 78 copies (+ 10 AP). - Published by Brooke Alexander, Inc. New York, printed at the artist's studio, Greenwich. - Imposingly Motherwell sets the black rectangular form against a dense neutral color field of rich ochre and sand-colored paper. It evokes memories of a thick brushstroke, confidently presented against the background. Motherwell often uses earth tones to enhance the effect of his black shapes and lines. Text is a device he returns to again and again in his prints, especially in the 1970s. In our print the fine-lined red text on the black central area - as "Oy/Yo" states - is drawn by hand on the plate. Motherwell intertwines image and script into an inseparable unity, fusing them into an impressively calligraphic typeface. * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.