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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.21
People
Mel Bochner, American (Pittsburgh PA 1940 -)
Title
Apices
Classification
Prints
Work Type
portfolio
Date
1974
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/354626

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Portfolio of three aquatints on white wove paper
Technique
Aquatint
Dimensions
portfolio cover: 94 × 118.1 cm (37 × 46 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., in graphite: 9/24
  • label: On cover of portfolio: Mel Bochner / Apices / 1974 / A set of three, color aquatints, 36 3/4 x 45 3/4", printed on Rives BFK, by Jeryl Parker, at Crown Point Press, Oakland, California, in an edition of twenty-four, with seven artist's proofs, published by Parasol Press Ltd., New York, 1977.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Karen Sweet, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
9/24

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Karen Meyerhoff Sweet and Robert W. Sweet, Jr. in memory of Daniel J. Meltzer
Copyright
© Mel Bochner
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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