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44c Abstract Expressionists
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44c Abstract Expressionists
Pane of 10 #4444a-4444j (10 designs)
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44c “The Golden Wall”
by Hans Hofmannan (1880-1966)
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44c “Asheville”
by Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
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44c “Orange and Yellow”
by Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
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44c “Convergence”
by Jackson Polloc (1912-1956)
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44c “The Liver is the Cock’s Comb”
by Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
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44c “1948-C”
by Clyfford Still (1904-1980)
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44c “Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34”
by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
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44c “La Grande Vallée”
by Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)
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44c “Romanesque Façade”
by Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
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44c “Achilles”
by Barnett Newman (1905-1970)
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Abstract Expressionists
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Abstract Expressionists Stamp Announcement 10-07: Abstract Expressionists Postal Bulletin 22278 — 2010 February 11 |
| Item Number: | 465600 |
| Denomination: | 44c |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Souvenir Sheet of 10 (10 designs) |
| Issue Date: | 2010 March 11 |
| Issue City: | Buffalo NY 14240 |
| Art Director: | Ethel Kessler Bethesda MD |
| Designer: | Ethel Kessler Bethesda MD |
| Typographer: | Ethel Kessler Bethesda MD |
| Engraver: | N/A |
| Modeler: | Joseph Sheeran |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
| Printer: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) |
| Printed at: | Williamsville NY |
| Press Type: | Mueller Martini A76 |
| Stamps per Pane: | 10 |
| Print Quantity: | 30 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Nonphosphored Type III Block Tagged |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) |
| Colors: | Black; Cyan; Magenta; Yellow & PMS 7544 [C-Gray] |
| Stamp Orientation: | 3 Horizontal 5 Vertical and 2 Horizontal and Vertical |
| •• #4444a — Hans Hoffman [Vertical & Horizontal] | 1.085 x 1.085 in. 27.56 x 27.56 mm |
| •• #4444b — Willem de Kooning [Vertical & Horizontal] | 1.382 x 1.382 in. 38.66 x 38.66 mm |
| •• #4444c — Mark Rothko [Vertical] | 1.27 x 1.82 in. 32.26 x 46.23 mm |
| •• #4444d — Jackson Pollock [Horizontal] | 2.363 x 1.605 in. 60.03 x 40.03 mm |
| •• #4444e — Arshile Gorky [Horizontal] | 1.42 x 1.159 in. 36.07 x 29.44 mm |
| •• #4444f — Clyfford Still [Vertical] | 1.27 x 1.82 in. 32.26 x 46.23 mm |
| •• #4444g — Robert Motherwell [Horizontal] | 2.004 x 1.82 in. 50.90 x 46.23 mm |
| •• #4444h — Joan Mitchell [Vertical] | 1.27 x 1.82 in. 32.26 x 46.23 mm |
| •• #4444i — Adolph Gottlieb [Vertical] | 1.27 x 1.82 in. 32.26 x 46.23 mm |
| •• #4444j — Barnett Newman [Vertical] | 1.27 x 1.82 in. 32.26 x 46.23 mm |
| •• #4444a — Hans Hoffmann [Vertical & Horizontal] | 1.225 x 1.225 in. 31.12 x 31.12 mm |
| •• #4444b — Willem de Kooning [Vertical & Horizontal] | 1.522 x 1.522 in. 38.66 x 38.66 mm |
| •• #4444c — Mark Rothko [Verical] | 1.41 x 1.96 in. 35.81 x 49.78 mm |
| •• #4444d — Jackson Pollock [Horizontal] | 2.503 x 1.745 in. 63.58 x 44.32 mm |
| •• #4444e — Arshile Gorky [Horizontal] | 1.56 x 1.299 in. 39.62 x 32.10 mm |
| •• #4444f — Clyfford Still [Vertical] | 1.41 x 1.96 in. 35.81 x 49.78 mm |
| •• #4444g — Robert Motherwell [Horizontal] | 2.140 x 1.96 in. 54.37 x 48.78 mm |
| •• #4444h — Joan Mitchell [Vertical] | 1.41 x 1.96 in. 35.81 x 49.78 mm |
| •• #4444i — Adolph Gottlieb [Vertical] | 1.41 x 1.96 in. 35.81 x 49.78 mm |
| •• #4444j — Barnett Newman [Vertical] | 1.41 x 1.96 in. 35.81 x 49.78 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 8.75 x 7.0 in. 222.25 x 177.80 mm |
| Die Cut: | 10¾ x 10½ / 10¾ x 10¾ (a; b; e) / 11 x 10¾ (d) (APU) |
| Plate Size: | 90 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | N/A |
| Marginal Markings: | .. |
| — Front: | Header: “ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS” • “The function of the Artist is to express reality as felt.” • Robert Motherwell • “The abstract expressionists … and utterly new.” |
| — Back: | © 2009 USPS • Header: “ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS” USPS logo • Barcode (465600) • Price: “.44 x 10 = $4.40” • Verso about each artist • Proprietary notice |
