From a portfolio of six individual lithographs, each created as Robert Motherwell’s visualization of six poems by Marcelin Pleynet, Beau Geste I was printed in 1989 by Teluride Press. This original color lithograph is hand-signed with the artist’s initials in pencil, annotated "HC," measuring 22 x 15 in (56 x 38 cm), unframed, from the edition of 100 plus 15 Artist Proofs + 3 Hors de Commerce. It is identified in the artist’s catalogue raisonne as B.417).