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Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations

Mel Bochner American
1991
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations
  • Artist: Mel Bochner (American, born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940–2025)
  • Date: 1991
  • Medium: 12 Color lithographs
  • Edition: 19/30
  • Dimensions: Each: 19 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (50.7 × 38 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.196.2a-l
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Mel Bochner
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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