Richard Artschwager

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1969

A minimalist artwork featuring a faintly drawn, shaded circular form resembling an eye or a hole, located towards the bottom of the image, with two overlapping geometric shapes, possibly paper, in the upper left corner, one white and one shaded. The rest of the space is blank, and there is a signature with a date '67 at the bottom right.
A minimalist artwork featuring a faintly drawn, shaded circular form resembling an eye or a hole, located towards the bottom of the image, with two overlapping geometric shapes, possibly paper, in the upper left corner, one white and one shaded. The rest of the space is blank, and there is a signature with a date '67 at the bottom right.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 1/2in. (44.9 × 31.8 cm)

Accession number
2005.81

Series
from the suite Kunstmarkt Köln 1969

Edition
178/180

Publication
Printed by Grafische Werkstätten Henry Decker; published by Verein Progressiver Deutscher Kunsthändler, Köln

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Marc A. Schwartz

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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artworks/25225

Richard Artschwager
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