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Both/ or/ and/ if / (either)

Mel Bochner

Both/ or/ and/ if / (either)

1999

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Both/ or/ and/ if / (either)

Mel Bochner

Both/ or/ and/ if / (either)

Mel Bochner

Both/ or/ and/ if / (either)

1999

Physical Qualities Oil and acrylic on 20 pre-stretched canvases, Various; overall: 152 × 108 in. (386.1 × 274.3 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Suzanne F. Cohen, Baltimore
Object Number 2019.82

Artist

Mel Bochner

1939–2024

born Pittsburgh, PA 1940; died 2025
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BY SAME ARTIST
CONTEMPORARY ART
RANDOM LINES (TRANSPOSED)
Mel Bochner
Random Lines (Transposed)
1967–2020
RELATIONSHIP, #8 (WE BOTH LIVED IN APT 206)
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst
Relationship, #8 (We both lived in apt 206)
2007–2013
SCISSURE
Mel Bochner
Scissure
1977–1993
YOUNG MAN KNEELING BY YOUNG GIRL IN A CHAIR, BOTH IN MEDIEVAL COSTUME
Thomas Phillibrown and Henri Decaisne
Young Man Kneeling by Young Girl in a Chair, Both in Medieval Costume
1833–1859
CONTEMPT
Mel Bochner
Contempt
2003
Man Seated, Holding Cane with Both Hands
John Burnet and Rembrandt van Rijn
Man Seated, Holding Cane with Both Hands
1803–1867
TSUNAMI
Mel Bochner
Tsunami
1981
Bataille du Pont de Bothwell
Eugène Lami
Bataille du Pont de Bothwell
1819–1889
CARDINAL VS. ORDINAL 5
Mel Bochner
Cardinal vs. Ordinal 5
1992
A FASHIONABLE DRESSCOAT. - MONSIEUR, I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS SUIT IS VERY BECOMING!.... - YES, BOTH BECOMING AND ECONOMICAL.... WITH A JACKET LIKE THIS, ONE COULD VERY WELL ANSWER THE DOOR AND BE TAKEN FOR ONE'S OWN SERVANT!
Honoré Daumier
A fashionable dresscoat. - Monsieur, I assure you that this suit is very becoming!.... - Yes, both becoming and economical.... with a jacket like this, one could very well answer the door and be taken for one's own servant!
1844
STUDY FOR SCISSURE
Mel Bochner
Study for Scissure
1977
AN ALIBI. - I'M TELLING YOU I SAW BONAPARTE AT THE HIPPODROME. - BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I JUST HEARD HIM AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. - YOU'RE BOTH WRONG, BECAUSE I JUST PASSED PLACE VENDÔME A MINUTE AGO, AND HE WAS ON THE COLUMN.
Honoré Daumier
An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1847