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Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

Mel Bochner and Multiples, Inc.

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

1969

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Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

1969

Physical Qualities Offset lithographs and manila envelope, Sheet: 127 x 204 mm. (5 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Sidney M. Friedberg Accessions Fund for Prints and Drawings
Object Number 2003.222.1a-k
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Denis Ozanne Rare Books, Paris, France.
Kristen Hileman, BMA. "Seeing now: Photography Since 1960," February 20-May 15, 2011.

Signed: one

Inscribed: RECTO of envelope: "MISUNDERSTANDINGS/ (A THEORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY)/ MEL BOCHNER"; flap of envelope: "c. Multiples, Inc. N.Y. 1970"

Artist

Mel Bochner

1939–2024

born Pittsburgh, PA 1940; died 2025
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Publisher

Multiples, Inc.

Multiples, Inc. was founded by Marian Goodman in 1965.
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