M25817: Profile
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M25817
- People
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Martin Puryear, American (Washington D.C. born 1941)
- Title
- Profile
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 2002
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/97071
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching, drypoint, and aquatint, printed above and under tan chine collé
- Technique
- Etching, drypoint and aquatint
- Dimensions
- plate: 60.3 x 45 cm (23 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: M. Puryear
- inscription: yes, lower margin below platemark, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: 30/40 M. Puryear 2002
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, March 9, 2003.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
- Copyright
- © Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- M25817
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Commentary
- Puryear's his principal mode of expression is through sculpture. This print's shape is typical for the artist, and, despite the title, the silhouette is intersected with an oval aligned with the drawn "horizon," which suggests volume and dimension into depth. As well, the "capture" of printed elements behind the layer of chine collé suggests space and atmosphere. The print will be a valuable comparison with our "Concorde II" by Ellsworth Kelly, a rectilinear black shape that, through the interaction of its edges with the platemark, likewise suggests a flexion in space.
Verification Level
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