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Three Shapes

Mel Bochner American
Printer Laurence Scholder American
Publisher Mel Bochner American
1980
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Three Shapes
  • Artist: Mel Bochner (American, born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940–2025)
  • Printer: Laurence Scholder (American, Brooklyn, New York 1942–2007)
  • Publisher: Mel Bochner (American, born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940–2025)
  • Date: 1980
  • Medium: Etching with aquatint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (31.8 × 41.9 cm)
    Sheet: 14 3/8 × 17 7/8 in. (36.6 × 45.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
  • Object Number: 2021.28.8
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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