Brice Marden

Focus (III)
1979

A print of a simple, stylized window with a dark green frame and a white pane against a white background. The image includes a signature and edition number at the bottom.
A print of a simple, stylized window with a dark green frame and a white pane against a white background. The image includes a signature and edition number at the bottom.

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Date
1979

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 1/2 × 11in. (39.4 × 27.9 cm) Plate: 3 7/8 × 3 15/16in. (9.8 × 10 cm)

Accession number
85.64.3

Edition
3/75 | 15 APs

Publication
Printed by Peter Drake; published by Brooke Alexander, Inc.

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

Rights and reproductions
© Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

API
artworks/5396

Part of a series:
Focus (I-V)
5 works

A minimalist artwork featuring a small, centered window with a vertical division on a large, blank white background. The window appears to have a textured, slightly distressed look, and there is a signature and date at the bottom right corner.
A minimalist print featuring a small, centered image of a window with two vertical panes, set against a textured green frame. The background is a large expanse of white paper, with the artist's signature and edition number handwritten in the bottom left corner.
A print of a simple, stylized window with a dark green frame and a white pane against a white background. The image includes a signature and edition number at the bottom.
A print featuring an abstract representation of a window with a dark green frame on a white background. The window pane is divided into four sections, with the top two sections appearing transparent and the bottom two filled with sketchy, black vertical lines. Below the image, there is handwritten text indicating the edition number "3/75" and the artist's signature with the year '79.
A minimalist print featuring a square with a textured green border and a white center, depicting a simple window-like structure. The print is centered on a white background with rough edges, and there is a handwritten inscription at the bottom left indicating it is number 3 of 75, followed by a signature and the date '79.

Brice Marden
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