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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.151
People
Mel Bochner, American (Pittsburgh PA 1940 -)
Title
Out-of-Focus
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1968/1996
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148241

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cibachrome print
Technique
Cibachrome (TM)
Dimensions
60.3 x 61 cm (23 3/4 x 24 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: Removed from backing board: Hand Made Frames Inc. / Showroom: 526 W. 26th St. N.Y. 10001 ph/fax: 212.924.4316 / Factory: 735 Lorimer St. bklyn., N.Y. ph: 781.782.8364
  • inscription: On backing board, removed: HUB M14 / Cat #31

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mel Bochner, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Artist in honor of James Cuno
Copyright
© Mel Bochner
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.151
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mel Bochner's Out-of-Focus is a silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome) made from a unique 1968 C-print of the same title (Bochner dates the work using a slash, as follows: 1968/1996). The edition size is three, and the print entering the Fogg collection was exhibited at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in 2002 in the exhibition Mel Bochner Photographs, 1966-1969.

Verification Level

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