First Fulcrum
1975
Artist, American, 1940 - 2025

Artwork overview
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Medium
pastel and conté crayon on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 96.8 x 127 cm (38 1/8 x 50 in.)
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Accession
1996.81.7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Sonnabend Gallery, New York); purchased by Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland;[1] gift 1996 to NGA
[1] Provenance from The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1945 to 1995, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996: 237.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1976
Mel Bochner: Number and Shape, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976, 55, 62, fig. 67.
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1976.
1996
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1996, no. 8.
Bibliography
1980
Sundell, Nina. The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1958-1979. Baltimore, 1980: 8-9, repro.
1996
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 8.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: MEL BOCHNER JUNE-AUGUST 1975
Wikidata ID
Q64614284