Lee Bontecou

(Portfolio box)
1967–1968

An abstract monochromatic artwork featuring a central dark circle surrounded by concentric rings and radiating lines on a textured background, resembling an eye or a target.
An abstract monochromatic artwork featuring a central dark circle surrounded by concentric rings and radiating lines on a textured background, resembling an eye or a target.

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Date
1967–1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Soft-ground etching and aquatint on fabric

Dimensions
Overall (Closed): 20 5/8 × 13 5/8 × 2in. (52.4 × 34.6 × 5.1 cm) Overall (Open): 20 5/8 × 28 3/4 × 1 1/2in. (52.4 × 73 × 3.8 cm)

Accession number
92.81.8

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

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artworks/8382

Part of a series:

for Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

2 works

An abstract monochromatic artwork featuring a central dark circle surrounded by concentric rings and radiating lines on a textured background, resembling an eye or a target.
A black and white abstract print featuring concentric circles and curved shapes with two prominent black circles at the center. The artwork is mounted on off-white paper with the artist's signature and the date 1967-68 inscribed at the bottom.

Lee Bontecou
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