El Negro
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991)
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Bedford Village, N.Y.
Printer: text: Antony Drobinski and Roberta Savage, New York; plates: Kenneth Tyler, Lee Funderberg, and Roger Campbell
Binder: Walden/Lang Inc., New York
Author: Rafael Alberti (Spanish, 1902-1999)
Date: 1983
Dimensions:
Box: H: 17 in. (432 mm); W: 16 5/8 in. (423 mm); Depth: 2 1/4 in. (57 mm).
Book: H: 15 3/16 in. (385 mm); W: 15 1/2 in. (394 mm); Depth: 1 3/4 in. (44 mm).
Page: H: 14 15/16 in. (379 mm); W: 14 in. (356 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 17 lithographs, some in colors, incl. 3 on chine appliqué.
Text: letterpress in black and gray (typeface: Bodoni Bold).
Paper: handmade cream wove, watermarked with a cube design.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.816
Label Text:Although Motherwell had illustrated Alberti's A LAPINTURA in 1972, he only met the writer in 1980. Alberti had written the poem "El Negro Motherwell" or "Motherwell Black" in homage to Motherwell on the occasion of the opening of an exhibition of his painting in Madrid.
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