The Marriage Icon
1972
Artist, American, 1927 - 1994
Edition Production, American, active late 20th century
Edition Production, American, active late 20th century
Edition Production, American, active late 20th century
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
photo-offset lithographs, hand-colored photographs, and nylon lace mounted on black Arches wove paper in a polyester-resin-coated oak frame
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.1 × 133.4 × 3.2 cm (12 5/8 × 52 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1981.5.205
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1966
Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 367.
2011
Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 29.5. http://www.nga.gov/gemini
Inscriptions
screenprinted lower center in black ink on adhered brass plate: The Marriage Icon; engraved lower center on adhered brass plate: Kienholz
Markings
stamped lower center verso on adhered brass plate: #23 / © 1972; printed center verso on adhered label: Edward Kienholz / The Marriage Icon / Edition 75 / EK72-2034 / © Copyright 1972 Gemini G.E.L. / [Gemini G.E.L.] Gemini G.E.L. / 8365 Melrose Ave. / Los Angeles, Calif. 90069 / Phone (213) 651-0513; printed center verso on adhered label: Edward Kienholz, his heirs, assigns and de- / visees, own fifteen per cent (15%) interest of / this work and shall be paid fifteen per cent / (15%) of the gross profit derived from any sale, / lease, or loan of this work and an amount equal / to fifteen per cent (15%) of any charitable / deduction upon a gift of this work to a non- / profit institution.
Wikidata ID
Q63860812