Robert Ryman

Aquatint
1975

A minimalist artwork consisting of a white square canvas framed by a thin yellow border on a white background.
A minimalist artwork consisting of a white square canvas framed by a thin yellow border on a white background.

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Date
1975

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 38 11/16 × 39 1/8in. (98.3 × 99.4 cm) Plate: 35 3/8 × 35 5/8in. (89.9 × 90.5 cm)

Accession number
84.36.6

Edition
15/50 | 15 APs

Publication
Printed by Patrick Foy; printed by Crown Point Press; published by Parasol Press, Ltd.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Strahl & Pitsch, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Ryman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/4895

Part of a series:
Six Aquatints, 1975
7 works

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A plain, light beige square paper against a white background.
A minimalist artwork featuring a white square centered on a pale yellow background.
A plain pale yellow square centered on a white background.
A minimalist artwork consisting of a white square canvas framed by a thin yellow border on a white background.
A minimalist artwork consisting of a single thin diagonal line drawn across the top left corner of an otherwise blank white canvas, with the artist's signature and edition number at the bottom left.

Robert Ryman
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