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Two Unfinished Letters

1992-1993

John Baldessari

Associated Names

John Baldessari

Artist, American, 1931 - 2020

Arber and Son Editions

Printer

Unified Arts

Printer

Brooke Alexander, Inc.

Publisher

The image depicts a grid of black and white photographs, each showing a hand holding a colored abstract shape. The shapes are bold and colorful, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The abstract shapes stand out against the monochrome background of the hands.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint and lithograph on Arches 88 wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 74.93 × 48.26 cm (29 1/2 × 19 in.)
sheet: 80.33 × 53.34 cm (31 5/8 × 21 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.5
Catalogue Raisonné

Hurowitz 2009, no. 62

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

2009

Hurowitz, Sharon Coplan. John Baldessari: A Catalogue Raisonné of Prints and Multiples, 1971-2007. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009, no. 62.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 70/80; lower right in graphite: BALDESSARI

Wikidata ID

Q76440140

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