John Baldessari

Two Sets (One with Bench)
1989–1990

A black and white diptych photograph with two contrasting scenes. The upper image shows a serene park setting with a bench and a street lamp, partially obscured by a red rectangle. The lower image depicts a chaotic tangle of bare tree branches over a snowy ground, with a black rectangle at the bottom. Both rectangles seem to be deliberately placed to obscure parts of the photographs.
A black and white diptych photograph with two contrasting scenes. The upper image shows a serene park setting with a bench and a street lamp, partially obscured by a red rectangle. The lower image depicts a chaotic tangle of bare tree branches over a snowy ground, with a black rectangle at the bottom. Both rectangles seem to be deliberately placed to obscure parts of the photographs.

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Date
1989–1990

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photogravure and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 47 1/2 × 29 3/4in. (120.7 × 75.6 cm) Plate (sight): 45 1/2 × 27 1/2in. (115.6 × 69.9 cm)

Accession number
2016.217

Edition
17/45

Publication
Printed by Branstead Studio; published by Brooke Alexander Editions; printed by Iris Editions, New York

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Susan and Arthur Fleischer

Rights and reproductions
© John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

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