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Original lift-ground etching and aquatint printed in two colors (red, black) on Arches Cover wove paper. Edition of 100, numbered in pencil lower right (plus 20 artist's proofs and additional proofs). Sheet size: 105.4 x 73.7 cm (41 1/2 x 29 in) Image size: 60.3 x 50.5 cm (23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in) Frame size: 118.7 x 86.4 x 7.6 cm (46 3/4 x 34 x 3 in)// Red Sea I is a powerful large-scale etching and aquatint in which Motherwell's signature gestural black form surges across a saturated red ground. The bold, calligraphic sweep of ink-black — at once controlled and improvisatory — evokes the artist's lifelong fascination with the Spanish Elegies and the emotional charge of Abstract Expressionist mark-making. The lift-ground technique lends the black passages a raw, painterly energy, while the aquatint red field vibrates with an almost physical intensity. Printed on Arches Cover wove paper, this monumental impression demonstrates why Motherwell's prints are considered among the most important in post-war American art.
Red Sea I, 1976
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Original lift-ground etching and aquatint printed in two colors (red, black) on Arches Cover wove paper. Edition of 100, numbered in pencil lower right (plus 20 artist's proofs and additional proofs). Sheet size: 105.4 x 73.7 cm (41 1/2 x 29 in) Image size: 60.3 x 50.5 cm (23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in) Frame size: 118.7 x 86.4 x 7.6 cm (46 3/4 x 34 x 3 in)// Red Sea I is a powerful large-scale etching and aquatint in which Motherwell's signature gestural black form surges across a saturated red ground. The bold, calligraphic sweep of ink-black — at once controlled and improvisatory — evokes the artist's lifelong fascination with the Spanish Elegies and the emotional charge of Abstract Expressionist mark-making. The lift-ground technique lends the black passages a raw, painterly energy, while the aquatint red field vibrates with an almost physical intensity. Printed on Arches Cover wove paper, this monumental impression demonstrates why Motherwell's prints are considered among the most important in post-war American art.
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