Ten Days (a)
1971 (published 1972)
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etching and aquatint in black on Arches paper
Dimensions
plate: 40 x 52.5 cm (15 3/4 x 20 11/16 in.) sheet: 56.5 x 76 cm (22 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund
Accession Number
2003.92.1
Art Historical Context
Brice Marden's *Ten Days (a)*, created in 1971 and in 1972, is a striking example of the artist's early printmaking forays into Minimalism. As part of a portfolio housed in the National Gallery of Art—acquired through The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass—this etching captures Marden's signature exploration of subtle form and spatial tension. During the early 1970s, amid New York's vibrant Minimalist scene, Marden shifted from his renowned oil paintings of horizontal color bands to prints, distilling his monochromatic sensibility into precise, meditative compositions. Executed in black etching and aqu...
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...