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Offset lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper. - Initialed in red ink and annotated 'To Newport' (slightly attenuated). - From the unnumbered edition of 200, of which approximately 50 were signed (there was also a poster edition of 750 with text). - Published by Newport Opera Festival, Newport, Rhode Island;Printed by Princeton Polychrome, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey. - Image: 20 x 13 1/2in (50.8 x 34.3cm) - Sheet: 29 3/8 x 21 1/2in (74.6 x 54.6cm) - Literature: Engberg/Banach 243, Belknap App. 29 Newport Opera by Robert Motherwell is a 1979 offset lithograph that exemplifies the artist’s signature abstract style. Created for the Newport Opera Festival, the work features layered geometric shapes in cool tones of blue, grey, and black on Rives BFK paper. The elegant forms evoke the sails of boats or stage curtains, resonating with the opera and coastal themes of Newport, Rhode Island. This unnumbered edition of 200 includes approximately 50 signed impressions, some inscribed with dedications such as “To Newport,” as seen here. Motherwell’s composition merges lyrical abstraction with graphic clarity.
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Offset lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper. - Initialed in red ink and annotated 'To Newport' (slightly attenuated). - From the unnumbered edition of 200, of which approximately 50 were signed (there was also a poster edition of 750 with text). - Published by Newport Opera Festival, Newport, Rhode Island;Printed by Princeton Polychrome, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey. - Image: 20 x 13 1/2in (50.8 x 34.3cm) - Sheet: 29 3/8 x 21 1/2in (74.6 x 54.6cm) - Literature: Engberg/Banach 243, Belknap App. 29 Newport Opera by Robert Motherwell is a 1979 offset lithograph that exemplifies the artist’s signature abstract style. Created for the Newport Opera Festival, the work features layered geometric shapes in cool tones of blue, grey, and black on Rives BFK paper. The elegant forms evoke the sails of boats or stage curtains, resonating with the opera and coastal themes of Newport, Rhode Island. This unnumbered edition of 200 includes approximately 50 signed impressions, some inscribed with dedications such as “To Newport,” as seen here. Motherwell’s composition merges lyrical abstraction with graphic clarity.
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