Robert Ryman

Untitled
1969

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.
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.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 25 9/16 × 25 1/2in. (64.9 × 64.8 cm) Image: 20 × 20 7/8in. (50.8 × 53 cm)

Accession number
70.36

Edition
23/25

Publication
Printed by Domberger, Filderstadt/Stuttgart; published by Fischbach Gallery

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Marsh Print Fund

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

API
artworks/4896

Part of a series:
Six Aquatints, 1975
7 works

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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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