Brice Marden

Untitled
1986

A black and white abstract etching with jagged lines and shapes on a square plate, centered on a larger white paper. The bottom left corner of the paper features a fraction (12/45), indicating the print number, and the bottom right corner has a signature and the year '86. The artwork conveys a sense of fragmentation or chaos.
A black and white abstract etching with jagged lines and shapes on a square plate, centered on a larger white paper. The bottom left corner of the paper features a fraction (12/45), indicating the print number, and the bottom right corner has a signature and the year '86. The artwork conveys a sense of fragmentation or chaos.

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Date
1986

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and drypoint

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 5/8 × 15 15/16in. (49.8 × 40.5 cm) Plate: 7 15/16 × 6 7/8in. (20.2 × 17.5 cm)

Accession number
87.35.9

Edition
12/45

Publication
Printed by Jennifer Melby; published by Peter Blum Editions, New York/Zurich

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Asher B. Edelman and The List Purchase Fund

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

API
artworks/5878

Part of a series:
Etchings to Rexroth
25 works

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A black and white abstract etching featuring a dense network of intersecting lines and marks within a square border, centered on a white background. The artwork is numbered and signed by the artist at the bottom.
A black and white abstract print featuring a chaotic arrangement of dark lines and shapes against a lighter background, centered on a white paper with artist's signature and edition number on the bottom.
A black and white abstract print featuring bold black strokes and lines on a white background, with the artist's signature and edition number on the bottom.
A black and white abstract etching with dynamic lines and shapes centered on a square piece of paper, signed and numbered by the artist on the bottom.
A black and white abstract etching centered on a white paper, featuring a composition of dynamic lines and geometric shapes that create a sense of movement and depth. The artwork is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower margin.
A black and white abstract etching featuring a series of intersecting lines and shapes that create a geometric composition, centered on a square piece of paper with wide margins. The artwork is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower margins.
A black and white abstract print featuring a chaotic arrangement of lines and shapes, centered on a square piece of paper with wide margins. The print is numbered and signed by the artist in the bottom margin.

Brice Marden
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