Michael Mazur

Small Confrontation with Easel

1967

Not on view

Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 38 1/16 × 24 3/4 in. (96.7 × 62.9 cm) Plate (Left, Irregular): 17 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (45.1 × 22.2 cm) Plate (Center, Irregular): 4 × 19 3/4 in. (10.2 × 50.2 cm) Plate (Right, Irregular): 15 3/4 × 4 15/16 in. (40 × 12.5 cm)

Accession number
68.69.6

Edition
17/50

Publication
Printed by Michael Mazur; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Gift of Paul J. Schupf

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/5667

Part of a series:
Diptych "The Model"
14 works

A photograph of a white paper with a block of text in the lower half, detailing information about a portfolio of twelve signed and numbered prints, including the materials used and the edition size. There is a signature at the bottom right corner.
A minimalist cover of a portfolio titled "THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL TWELVE ETCHINGS BY MICHAEL MAZUR 1968" with the text centered at the bottom on an off-white background. There are faint outlines of two rectangles at the top, suggesting placeholders for images or text.
Headless male torso sculpture stands beside a smaller nude figure silhouette and a short cylindrical object.
A standing nude statue silhouette at the right edge beside a rectangular textured opening.
Two vertical charcoal figures side by side, one clothed male standing and one nude rear view.
A large abstract doorway silhouette with textured dark gray borders on a white background.
Two seated silhouetted figures face each other inside a rectangular panel framed by standing cutout profiles.
Two large contrasting human silhouettes, one light reclining shape and one dark standing torso.
Two large monochrome human silhouettes facing opposite directions, one standing and one seated curled forward.
Central vertical silhouette carved between two textured panels, creating a narrow human-shaped negative space.


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