Box Drawer

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Ross D1 - 1

Collagraph in blue and red. Abstract industrial shapes, including possible sheets with rivets, in red, and a pulley, in black. Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 1.

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Ross D1 - 7e

Collagraph in brown tones, with green. Abstract shapes, with a bottle on the left and above it a circle cut across by a rod. Artist’s Proof. Dated. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 1. See also Homage to Kropa, Ross 7a-d, four other color variants of the print (Box 1, Folder 3).

Scope and Contents: Ross D2 - 13 Collagraph in orange and green. Abstract shapes, with an irregular green pattern around most of the perimeter and surrounding an orange interior. Irregular red block on the upper right. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 2. Appears to be a color variant on Quadros VI and Quadros XIV, and similar to three untitled...

Scope and Contents: Ross D2 - 14a-b Two collagraphs in red/orange and green. Abstract shapes, similar to Quadros IV (Ross 13, Oversized, Map Drawer, Folder 2), but inverted, with different and overlapping shapes added. The primary colors are now red and orange, with accents in green, blue and yellow. An irregular dark purple block is on the lower left. 10/50 and 19/50. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. These prints are oversized and housed in a Map Case...

Scope and Contents: Ross D3 - 15 Collagraph in green and blue. Abstract shapes, with an irregular green pattern around most of the perimeter and surrounding a blue interior. Irregular dark red block on the upper right. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 3. Appears to be a color variant on Quadros IV (Ross 13, Oversized, Map Drawer, Folder 2) and Quadros...

Scope and Contents: Ross D3 - 16 Collagraph in red. Abstract shapes in yellows, black and blue, set on a patterned background in reds. Some of the elements are also seen in other Quadros prints, including anvil and metal plate shapes. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 3. Color variant of Quadros Primary (Ross 21, Oversized, Map Drawer, Folder...

Scope and Contents: Ross D4 - 17a-b Two collagraphs in green with color accents. Industrial image, with a tower on the left, a red zigzag shape like folder paper on the lower right and a row of circles underscored by a dark purple bar reaching from the right side toward the center. Artist’s Proof and 7/30. The colors in the numbered print are more intense than those in the Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 4....

Scope and Contents: Ross D5 - 18a-c Three collagraphs in red and green, each a color variant with highlights in other colors. Industrial image, with a tower on the left, an anvil-like shape in the lower center and a row of circles reaching from the right side toward the center. 22/50, 36/50 and 37/50. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. These prints are oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 5. This image appears to be a more complex version of Quadros...

Scope and Contents: Ross D6 - 19 Collagraph in green and yellow. Abstract shapes, with an irregular green pattern around most of the perimeter and surrounding a yellow interior. Irregular black block on the upper right. Heavy cream-colored paper. 3/30. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 6. Appears to be a color variant on Quadros IV (Ross 13, Oversized, Map Drawer, Folder 2) and Quadros VI...

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Ross D7 - 20a-c

Three collagraphs in red and blue. A blue abstract shape on a patterned red background, with a pattern of yellow on the upper left side. One is untitled. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. These prints are oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 7.