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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
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2019

Artist

Mel Bochner

1939–2024

born Pittsburgh, PA 1940; died 2025
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CONTEMPORARY ART
RANDOM LINES (TRANSPOSED)
Mel Bochner
Random Lines (Transposed)
1967–2020
SCISSURE
Mel Bochner
Scissure
1977–1993
RELATIONSHIP, #8 (WE BOTH LIVED IN APT 206)
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst
Relationship, #8 (We both lived in apt 206)
2007–2013
CONTEMPT
Mel Bochner
Contempt
2003
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
TSUNAMI
Mel Bochner
Tsunami
1981
Man Seated, Holding Cane with Both Hands
John Burnet and Rembrandt van Rijn
Man Seated, Holding Cane with Both Hands
1803–1867
CARDINAL VS. ORDINAL 5
Mel Bochner
Cardinal vs. Ordinal 5
1992
Bataille du Pont de Bothwell
Eugène Lami
Bataille du Pont de Bothwell
1819–1889
STUDY FOR SCISSURE
Mel Bochner
Study for Scissure
1977
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