Untitled 9
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
1998.77.16
Art Historical Context
Brice Marden's *Untitled 9* (1986) is a captivating example of the artist's innovative printmaking from the mid-1980s. Created as an etching with sugarlift aquatint on luxurious Rives BFK paper, this intimate work measures just 20.3 x 17.5 cm on the plate, allowing for exquisite detail within a larger 49.7 x 40.3 cm sheet. Acquired by the National Gallery of Art through the generosity of the Collectors Committee, the New Century Fund, and The William Stamps Farish Fund, it belongs to the museum's distinguished portfolio collection. Sugarlift aquatint, a specialized intaglio technique, enabled...
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...