Artist proof aside the edition of 225. Signed and inscribed 'Artist proof'.

Literature: Engberg Banach 50.

Rosa Esman organized New York International as the second in a series of portfolios published by her Tanglewood Press, established in 1965. Esman's intention was to create portfolios of graphics by contemporary artists that could be sold to collectors at a moderate price. The artists chose, or Esman suggested, printmakers. The New York International portfolio combined American and European contemporary artists who had had exhibitions in New York during the year of the portfolio's publication. In addition to Motherwell, it included prints by Arman, Mary Bauermeister, Oyvind Fahlstrom, John Goodyear, Charles Hinman, Allen Jones, Ad Reinhardt, James Rosenquist, and Saul Steinberg.

Motherwell created two prints with Hollander for the portfolio, of which the second was selected. Only trial proofs were printed of the first image.