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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.219
People
Mel Bochner, American (Pittsburgh PA 1940 -)
Title
Onset of Turbulence (#9)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1989-1990
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309940

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel on two sheets of black wove paper
Dimensions
100 x 64.9 cm (39 3/8 x 25 9/16 in.)
each sheet: 49.9 x 64.9 cm (19 5/8 x 25 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: pastel,u.r.: Bochner 1989 / +90
  • gallery label: backing board, paper, English: No. MB532
  • watermark: Mi-Teintes Canson (both sheets)
  • inscription: verso of each sheet, white chalk, English: Onset of Turbulence #9 / sheet #1 of 2; Onset of Turbulence #9 / sheet #2 of 2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[David Nolan Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Mel Bochner
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.219
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Made on two sheets of paper.

Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], Exposé (Essays from the Harvard Expository Writing Program), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1994 - 1995)., reproduced in b/w p. 17

Verification Level

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