Untitled 6
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
1998.77.13
Art Historical Context
Brice Marden's *Untitled 6* (1986) is a striking example of the artist's exploration into printmaking during the mid-1980s, a period when he transitioned from his signature monochromatic oil paintings toward more gestural and layered abstractions. As a key figure in Minimalism and later Neo-Expressionism, Marden brought his fascination with subtle color gradations and calligraphic lines to this intimate etching with sugarlift aquatint onives BFK paper. just 20.3 x 17.5 cm on the plate—though presented on a larger 49.7 x 40.3 cm sheet—the work invites close contemplation, evoking the quiet inte...
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...