Box Drawer

Scope and Contents: Ross D14 - 110 Collagraph in green, yellow, red and purple. Very simplified street scene, Spanish language names identify businesses in the buildings along the street. 49/75. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 14. Most likely a scene from Alcudia, Majorca, Spain, based on its similarity to the prints Alcudia/Uncle John’s Band (Ross 93, Oversized, Map Drawer, Folder 9). See...

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Ross D14 - 111

Collagraph in greens, blue and black. Stylized hills and trees rising behind a road or river and formed with wide strokes and spots of color. 7/10. Cream-colored Japanese paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 14.

Scope and Contents: Ross D15 - 119a-b Two collagraphs, one in red, purple and brown and the other in black and white. Imaginary cityscape with a hodgepodge of arches, buildings, plazas, stairways and a train running through one side. Ross 119a, an Artist’s Proof, is red, purple and brown. Cream-colored paper. The black and white print, Ross 119b, is on Japanese paper. Both signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 15. A color variant of this print is Ross 118...

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Ross D16 - 121

Collagraph in muted gray, brown and red, with an olive green background. European cathedrals juxtaposed into one composition. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 16.

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Ross D16 - 122

Collagraph in black and white. Cityscape with representations of actual buildings, as well as futuristic buildings. A river runs through the top half of the city, crossed by a suspension bridge. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 16.

Scope and Contents: Ross D17 - 131a-b Two collagraphs, one in black and gray and the other in pink, purple and blue. Interior of a huge, wood-framed building filled with wooden posts, beams, struts and staircases leading to platforms. Heavy cream-colored paper. The black and gray print, Ross 131a, is titled and signed John Ross. The pink, purple and blue print, Ross 131b, is untitled and unsigned. These prints are oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 17. See collage plate, ...

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Ross D18 - 151

Collagraph in green and orange. Four carnival characters printed over each other, with each forming one arm of a cross. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 18.

Scope and Contents: Ross D18 - 162 Collagraph in greens and multi-colors. The figure on the right is a black-caped figure with a horned bull’s head, wearing green, along with the title Minotaur. Images of two Venetian buildings in gray and tan are on the left. Handwritten notes identify the left-hand building as the Palazzo Contarine delle Figure and the right-hand building as [Ca’] Rezzonico. On the buildings is printed a quotation from the poem Beppo by Lord Byron:...

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Ross D18 - 165

Soft ground etching in black and white. Landmarks from the city of Venice on a raised platform, high above the water. A gondola and a small ship ply the water below. Water pours into the water from openings at the base of the city. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. This print is oversized and housed in a Map Case Drawer, Folder 18.

Scope and Contents: Ross D19 - 167a-b Two collagraphs: one multi-colored, predominantly orange and brown, with blue sky and the other in darker colors, predominantly brown and green, with a salmon-colored sky. Juxtaposed Venetian buildings, with gondolas and green water in the foreground. The orange and brown print, Ross 167a, Artist’s Proof, is on heavy cream-colored paper. The green and brown print, Ross 167b, A/P, is on heavy black paper. Both are signed John Ross. Ross 167b was torn in many places...