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Counting Exercise: Circles
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Mel Bochner (b. 1940)
Counting Exercise: Circles
signed, titled, dated, and inscribed 'COUNTING EXERCISE: CIRCLES 1. CLOCKWISE / INTERIOR ORIENTATION 2. COUNTERCLOCKWISE / EXTERIOR ORIENTATION MEL BOCHNER, 1972' (lower left)
ink and graphite on paper
23 3/4 x 23 3/8 in. (60.3 x 59.3 cm.)
Executed in 1972.
Counting Exercise: Circles
signed, titled, dated, and inscribed 'COUNTING EXERCISE: CIRCLES 1. CLOCKWISE / INTERIOR ORIENTATION 2. COUNTERCLOCKWISE / EXTERIOR ORIENTATION MEL BOCHNER, 1972' (lower left)
ink and graphite on paper
23 3/4 x 23 3/8 in. (60.3 x 59.3 cm.)
Executed in 1972.
Provenance
The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the present owner
By descent from the above to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Contemporary Drawing, May-June 1973.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Mel Bochner: Number and Shape, October-November 1976, p. 60, no. 36.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Mel Bochner: Number and Shape, October-November 1976, p. 60, no. 36.
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