Agnes Denes

Pascal's Triangle II
1974

A minimalist artwork featuring a crescent-shaped arrangement of small, handwritten text on a plain background, with the artist's signature and the year '79 at the bottom right corner. The paper appears to be affixed to a larger sheet with pieces of tape at the corners.
A minimalist artwork featuring a crescent-shaped arrangement of small, handwritten text on a plain background, with the artist's signature and the year '79 at the bottom right corner. The paper appears to be affixed to a larger sheet with pieces of tape at the corners.

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Date
1974

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 3/4in. (37.5 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
2001.166

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Postwar Committee, and with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art by exchange, and gift of Miss Jeanne Reynal, and Charles B. Hinman by exchange

Rights and reproductions
© Charles B. Hinman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Agnes Denes
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