Brice Marden and Jennifer Melby
Zen Study 5
1990
Scroll
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)
The Artist
Jan Howard, BMA, "Contemporary Prints from the Collection," 17 April - 12 May 1996.
'Brice Marden: Recent Drawings and Etchings', exhibition catalogue, Matthew Marks, New York, 1991, nos. 28-33 (earlier states).
Signed: two plates
Inscribed: FACE: (graphite), below image, l.r., 'B Marden 91'. VERSO: clean.
Markings: Whatman
Artist and Publisher
Brice Marden
1937–2022
born Bronxville, NY 1938; died Tivoli, NY 2023
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