The Marriage Icon, 1972

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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

Dimensions

overall: 32.1 × 133.4 × 3.2 cm (12 5/8 × 52 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

Accession Number

1981.5.205

Artists / Makers

Edward Kienholz (artist) American, 1927 - 1994

Gary Reams (edition production) American, active late 20th century

Raul Guerrero (edition production) American, active late 20th century

Peter Carlson (edition production) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

screenprinted lower center in black ink on adhered brass plate: The Marriage Icon; engraved lower center on adhered brass plate: Kienholz

Marks and Labels

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.

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Gemini G.E.L.

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 367.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