Box 4

Ross 4/7 - 134a-b

Two collagraphs in black, gray and autumn colors. Old walled city sited on top of a tower rising from black land or water against a tan sky. The cities buildings are in orange, red, yellow, brown and gray. 9/50 and 12/50. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

Ross 4/8 - 135a-b

Two collagraphs in black/dark brown and green. Hill town, with stone-paved street flanked by walls, stairway leading upward. Street is divided by a triangle of unprinted paper. Ross 135a, 14/50, is in black and green, while, in Ross 135b, 18/50, the black is shaded to a very dark brown. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

Ross 4/9 - 136a-b

Two collagraphs in dark blue, red, green and ochre. Moon, containing European-style buildings, arches, and a cathedral dome, in a dark sky above a green farm, which is above an ochre mountain range, which rises above a red city bisected by a river. Ross 136a, Artist’s Proof, has a sky that is a navy blue, and Ross 136b, 2/50, has a darker sky, much closer to purple. Cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.

Ross 4/9 - 137a-b

Two collagraphs, one in black and white and the other in olive green and yellow. A building with two people looking out of the open upper window. Ross 137a, titled The View, is in black and white on heavy cream-colored paper. Ross 137b, titled View, is on cream-colored paper in olive greens and yellow, with a red accent at the window. Artist’s Proof. Signed John Ross.

Ross 4/10 - 138a-b

Two collagraphs in reds and gray. Stylized buildings in reds and grays facing a wharf in black or brown and white. Ross 138a, Proof, is colored more uniformly in shades of red with gray, while Ross 138b 30/50 has a wider palate of colors and a greater use of brown. Heavy cream-colored paper. Signed John Ross.