Etching for Obama from Artists for Obama
2008
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etching on wove Somerset Velvet paper from a portfolio of eight lithographs and five etchings
Dimensions
plate: 26.99 x 22.54 cm (10 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 35.56 x 30.48 cm (14 x 12 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L., LLC and the Artist
Accession Number
2009.69.1.7
About the Artist
Brice Marden
Brice Marden (1938–2023) was born in Bronxville, New York, and grew up in nearby Briarcliff Manor. He studied at Florida Southern College before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University in 1961 and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale School of Art in 1963, where he worked alongside future artists Richard Serra, Chuck Close, and Vija Celmins. His teachers at Yale included Jack Tworkov and...