Chris Burden

King of the Avant-Garde

1975

Collage of magazine pages and a Civilization book cover with red handwritten annotations.
Collage of magazine pages and a Civilization book cover with red handwritten annotations.

Chris Burden, King of the Avant-Garde, 1975. Offset lithography, relief, and relief halftone printed paper collage, and fiber-tipped pen on board, sheet: 29 3/4 × 39 1/2 in. (75.6 × 100.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 95.171. © Chris Burden / Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Not on view

Date
1975

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Offset lithography, relief, and relief halftone printed paper collage, and fiber-tipped pen on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 39 1/2 in. (75.6 × 100.3 cm)

Accession number
95.171

Series
Commentary Drawings

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Chris Burden / Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/10076



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