#4, from the Untitled Press Series

Brice Marden, #4, from the Untitled Press Series, 1972, lithograph on paper, 26 ¹⁄₄ x 19 ¹⁄₄ in. (66.7 x 48.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2008.9.4

Artwork Details

Title: #4, from the Untitled Press Series
Artist: Brice Marden
Printers: Richard Wilke
Steven Hartman
Publisher: Untitled Press, Inc.
Date: 1972
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 26 ¹⁄₄ x 19 ¹⁄₄ in. (66.7 x 48.9 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description: lithograph on paper
Classifications: Graphic Arts
Print
Subjects: Abstract
Object Number: 2008.9.4
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2008.9.4

Artwork Description

Robert Rauschenberg invited Brice Marden to make prints in 1972 at his Untitled Press located on a property adjacent to his home on Captive Island, Florida. The artists reached the printmaking workshop by a road cut through subtropical vegetation. The gestural nature of this print expresses the experience of reaching the studio: “Every day to get to the workshop I had to walk from the house through this jungle. These have much more of a jungle feeling. This is much more vegetal than other prints.” The succession of prints in the series suggests the brief passage of time as Marden crossed from house to workshop.

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