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Zen Study 5

Brice Marden, Jennifer Melby

Zen Study 5

1990

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Brice Marden, Jennifer Melby

Zen Study 5

1990

Physical Qualities Etching and lift ground aquatint, Sheet: 700 × 907 mm. (27 9/16 × 35 11/16 in.) Plate: 530 × 695 mm. (20 7/8 × 27 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Artist, New York, in Honor of Brenda Richardson
Object Number 1993.9.5
An earlier state of this print in the collection (1991.72) was printed before re-working of the plate with additional grounding and lighter aquatint etch to create the additional passages that appear a fainter black in this state (SH)

Publication References

'Brice Marden: Recent Drawings and Etchings', exhibition catalogue, Matthew Marks, New York, 1991, nos. 28-33 (earlier states).
The Artist
Lewison, Jeremy. Brice Marden: Prints 1961-1991. Millbank, London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1992, cat. #43, p. 164.

Signed: two plates

Inscribed: FACE: (graphite), below image, l.r., 'B Marden 91'. VERSO: clean.

Markings: Whatman

Artist and Publisher

Brice Marden

born Bronxville, NY 1938; died Tivoli, NY 2023
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Printer

Jennifer Melby

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