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BRICE MARDEN (B. 1938)
Lot 51 PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA

BRICE MARDEN (B. 1938)

Tiles

Closed25 July 2014

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BRICE MARDEN (B. 1938)
Tiles
each signed, dated, annotated and numbered 'AP 5/12 B. Marden 79' in pencil (in the lower margin)
the complete set of four etchings on Somerset paper
29¾ x 22¾ in. (75.5 x 56.2 cm.)
Executed in 1979. Published by Parasol Press, New York. This work is number five of twelve artist's proofs, the edition was fifty.

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

'Each print is a square on which he [Marden] has superimposed a grid, the grid being different in each case. Using sticks dipped in sugar solution he began drawing directly onto the plate. The results were then proofed and fine lines were added in hardground. The Tile images were of a kind which Marden had been making on paper since 1973. He considers them as experimental prints because this was the first time he had drawn on plates using sticks.'
(J. Lewison, Brice Marden Prints 1961-1991 A Catalogue Raisonné, p. 130.)