First Prelude
1988
Artist, American, 1940 - 2025
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
aquatint on four sheets of wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 90.2 × 70.8 cm (35 1/2 × 27 7/8 in.)
sheet (each): 40.2 × 30.2 cm (15 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2022.35.3.a-d
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Catalogue Raisonné
Mel Bochner online raisonne: 1988.05
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
a) "First Prelude 9/10" verso, lower left margin, graphite. "A B" (installation instructions), verso, various locations, graphite. "1602" verso, lower right margin, graphite.
b) "First Prelude 9/10" verso, lower left margin, graphite. "A D" (installation instructions), verso, various locations, graphite. "1602" verso, lower right margin, graphite.
c) "Mel Bochner 1988" verso, lower right margin, graphite. "First Prelude 9/10 " verso, lower left margin, graphite. "C B" (installation instructions), verso, various locations, graphite. "1602" verso, lower right margin, graphite.
d) "First Prelude 9/10" verso, lower center margin, graphite. "C D" (installation instructions), verso, various locations, graphite. "1602" verso, lower right margin, graphite.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.