Name: LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002)
Brand: The Boston Massacre
Price: 3000.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002)
The Boston Massacre
the complete set of twelve screenprints in colors with embossing and collage, on wove paper, 1970, each signed in pencil, numbered 33/150, published by Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York, each with the printer's ink stamp on the reverse, with the central vertical fold (as issued), together with the cover page, each the full sheet
Largest Sheet: 19¹⁄₈ x 44³⁄₄ in. (486 x 1137 mm.)

Including: Boston Harbor and Shooting; Some (Visual) Afterthoughts on the Boston Massacre; Enlisted Man and Officer; 40th Regiment; Ready-Aim; Ready-Aim and Two Hands; Black Revue; Victims; Those who Fire, Those Who Run; Observation; Redcoats - Mist; and Redcoats (Fold-Out)

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In addition to the catalogue description, each the full sheet, the sheet edges toned in the unprinted areas, occasional scuffs and creases in places (primarily toward the sheet edges)

[cover]: scuffs and occasional scratches in places (with associated minor ink loss in the black ink), two nicks at the spine
Sheet: 19¹⁄₂ x 29⁷⁄₈ in. (495 x 759 mm.)

Boston Harbor and Shooting: occasional surface soiling and pinpoint foxmarks in places on the reverse (not showing through)
Sheet: 19³⁄₈ x 27⁷⁄₈ in. (492 x 708 mm.)

Some (Visual) Afterthoughts on the Boston Massacre: occasional stray ink and pinpoint foxmarks in places on the reverse (not showing through)
Sheet:19¹⁄₂ x 27⁷⁄₈ in. (495 x 708 mm.)

Enlisted Man and Officer: an occlusion at the upper left sheet corner, foxmarks in places in the margins and on the reverse (showing through), creasing along the right sheet edge
Sheet: 19³⁄₈ x 28¹⁄₄ in. (492 x 718 mm.)

40th Regiment: pale surface soiling in places
Sheet: 19¹⁄₄ x 28 in. (489 x 711 mm.)

Ready-Aim:
Sheet: 19¹⁄₄ x 27⁷⁄₈ in. (489 x 708 mm.)

Ready-Aim and Two Hands:
Sheet: 18⁷⁄₈ x 27¹⁄₄ in. (479 x 692 mm.)

Black Revue:
Sheet: 19¹⁄₈ x 27³⁄₈ in. (486 x 695 mm.)

Victims:
Sheet: 19¹⁄₄ x 27³⁄₄ in. (489 x 705 mm.)

Those who Fire, Those Who Run: the collage element detached
Sheet: 19¹⁄₈ x 27 in. (486 x 686 mm.)

Observation: occasional foxmarks in places on the reverse (not showing through)
Sheet: 19¹⁄₄ x 28 in. (489 x 711 mm.)

Redcoats - Mist: numbered again in pencil on the reverse
Sheet: 19¹⁄₈ x 28¹⁄₈ in. (486 x 714 mm.)

Redcoats (Fold-Out): hinged to the support in places along the reverse upper sheet edges (with associated minor ink loss in the blue ink at the upper right sheet corner), occasional nicks in places at the sheet edges, framed
Sheet: 19¹⁄₈ x 44³⁄₄ in. (486 x 1137 mm.)

Please note this lot consists of twelve loose prints and one framed print.

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