Untitled 11
1986
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etching with sugarlift aquatint on Rives BFK paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.3 x 17.5 cm (8 x 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 49.7 x 40.3 cm (19 9/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee and the New Century Fund - Gift of The William Stamps Farish Fund
Accession Number
1998.77.18
Art Historical Context
**Untitled 11 by Brice Marden (1986)** Brice Marden, a figure in Minimalism during the 1960s and 1970s, created *Untitled 11* in 1986 as part of a print portfolio. This etching with sugarlift aquatint luxurious Rives BFK paper a modest plate size of 20.3 x 17.5 cm, with a larger sheet of 49.7 x 40.3 cm, inviting intimate contemplation. Donated to the National Gallery Art through the Collectors Committee and the New Century—supported by The William Stamps Farish Fund—this work exemplifies Marden's shift in the 1980s toward more fluid, calligraphic forms inspired by his travels and interests in...
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...