Onset of Turbulence (#9) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.219
People: Mel Bochner, American (Pittsburgh PA 1940 -)
Title: Onset of Turbulence (#9)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1989-1990
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309940

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel on two sheets of black wove paper

Dimensions

100 x 64.9 cm (39 3/8 x 25 9/16 in.)
each sheet: 49.9 x 64.9 cm (19 5/8 x 25 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: pastel,u.r.: Bochner 1989 / +90
gallery label: backing board, paper, English: No. MB532
watermark: Mi-Teintes Canson (both sheets)
inscription: verso of each sheet, white chalk, English: Onset of Turbulence #9 / sheet #1 of 2; Onset of Turbulence #9 / sheet #2 of 2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [David Nolan Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright: © Mel Bochner
Accession Year: 1991
Object Number: 1991.219
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Made on two sheets of paper.

Publication History

[Reproduction only], Exposé (Essays from the Harvard Expository Writing Program), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1994 - 1995)., reproduced in b/w p. 17

Verification Level

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1991.219: Onset of Turbulence (#9)