Box 4

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Ross 4/1 - 116

Collagraph in black and ochre. Wooden, stilted buildings rising in a tower against a blank ochre background. Artist’s Proof. Signed John Ross.

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Ross 4/1 - 117

Collagraph in gray with accents. Several buildings in a town, with brick road, steps and arches. Several windows and doors frame images of people or animals. 3/100. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

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Ross 4/1 - 118

Collagraph, lavender, green and blue. Imaginary cityscape with a hodgepodge of arches, buildings, plazas, stairways and a train running through one side. Color Proof 2. Cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross. See two color variants of this print, which are housed in OVERSIZED, Map Drawer, Folder 15.

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Ross 4/2 - 124a-b

Two collagraphs: Ross 124a, Artist’s Proof, in black and white and Ross 124b, 11/50, in green and red. Imaginary city with juxtaposed modern and Renaissance architecture and a coliseum in the upper right. Ross 124b was originally laid on mat board and shrink-wrapped, with a price sticker reading $350. The mat and shrink wrap have been removed. Both prints are on heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

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Ross 4/3 - 125

Collagraph in dark green. City buildings lining a New York City street filled with shop umbrellas. 39/50. Notation along left margin reads “Shoot Contrasty,” and along the bottom reads “7 7/8 inches.”

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Ross 4/3 - 126

Woodcut in black and white. [Brooklyn?] Bridge and ship masts, with logs and city buildings in the foreground. Artist’s Proof. Japanese paper. Signed John Ross. See untitled woodblock (Ross 195, Box 9).

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Ross 4/4 - 127

Collagraph in reds, ochre, blue and green. Very simplified buildings of a town on a hill, with suggestions of wood, tile and brick. Background is straight bands of blue, green and lavender. 20/50. Cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

Scope and Contents: Ross 4/5 - 129a-c Collagraph triptych in black and white. Three imaginary cityscapes combining elements of cities, monuments and cultures from around the world. The leftmost print, Ross 129a, I 18/25, neither titled nor dated, has monuments and buildings with a more religious or ancient culture association, such as the Parthenon, the Tower of Babel, the Roman Coliseum, the cathedral in Venice, and the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul. The center print, Ross 129b, titled, but unsigned,...

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Ross 4/6 - 130

Collagraph in earth tones and red. Town depicted in simple geometric shapes, with tiled or corrugated roofs and minimal doors or windows. Accents in red, green and turquoise. Artist’s Proof. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

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Ross 4/6 - 133

Collagraph in blue and pink. House on a stone tower, with a green roof, orange windows and a blue ladder reaching from the base of the tower to the door. 1/50. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.