Five and Fifth, from QED

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Mel Bochner

Title

Five and Fifth, from QED

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

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1974

Medium

Chine collé and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right, below plate, in graphite: "Mel Bochner 1974"; inscribed lower left, below plate, in graphite: "Five and Fifth;" inscribed lower center, below plate, in graphite: "17/25"; blindstamp lower right: "CROWN POINT PRESS / KATHAN BROWN"

Dimensions

Chine: 34.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Left plate: 35.2 × 27.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Right plate: 35.3 × 27.5 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 95.5 cm (27 × 37 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Hannah Mangold, and Francesca and Piera Bochner

Reference Number

2015.339.2

Extended information about this artwork

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