Untitled 20
1986
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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
1998.77.27
Art Historical Context
Brice Marden's *Untitled 20* (1986) exemplifies the artist's innovative foray into printmaking during a pivotal phase of his career. A key figure in American minimalism and abstract painting, Marden was renowned for his luminous, monochromatic oil paintings that explored subtle color gradations and spatial depth. By the mid-1980s, he expanded into prints, creating series like this one—part of a portfolio housed in the National Gallery of Art's collection, generously gifted by the Collectors Committee and others. The work is a sugarlift aquatint on luxurious Rives BFK paper, a technique that b...
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...