Object number2021.6.2
Untitled (State II)
Date2014
Artist
Martin Puryear
(American, born 1941)
CultureAmerican
MediumColor softground etching with drypoint and Chine collé on Somerset White paper
EditionEdition 35 of 40
DimensionsPlate: 23 7/8 x 19 1/8 in. (60.6 x 48.6 cm)
Sheet: 34 5/8 x 27 3/8 in. (87.9 x 69.5 cm)
Matted: 38 x 31 1/2 in. (96.5 x 80 cm)
Sheet: 34 5/8 x 27 3/8 in. (87.9 x 69.5 cm)
Matted: 38 x 31 1/2 in. (96.5 x 80 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod21st c
Classification(s)
Terms
SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: M Puryear
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin in pencil: 2014; lower left margin: 35/40
MarkingsOn recto, blindstamp of a printing press [Paulson Bott/Fontaine's stamp] lower right corner
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionA horn shape drooping to the right, comprised of blueprint-like linework with a smaller geometrically angular version in the upper left corner in brown lines, all against a beige background with darker speckles, more densely concentrated outside of the shapes
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