Lee Bontecou

(Poem by Tony Towle)
1967–1968

A photograph of a typed poem on a white paper with a signature and date at the bottom right corner. The poem reflects on themes of nature, time, and human sentiment, with the last line reading "after the length of time which is truly yours," signed "Tony Towle 1968."
A photograph of a typed poem on a white paper with a signature and date at the bottom right corner. The poem reflects on themes of nature, time, and human sentiment, with the last line reading "after the length of time which is truly yours," signed "Tony Towle 1968."

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Date
1967–1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Letterpress

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 26 1/4in. (51.1 × 66.7 cm) Sheet (folded): 20 1/8 × 13 1/8in. (51.1 × 33.3 cm)

Accession number
92.81.7

Series
Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

Edition
3/33 | 7 APs, 2 PPs

Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Schweber Brothers Investment Group

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/8157

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