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Rules of Bending Circles

A work made of color lithograph on white wove paper.

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  • A work made of color lithograph on white wove paper.

Date:

1993

Artist:

Vernon Fisher
American, 1943-2023

About this artwork

Since the early 1970s, Fisher has worked in a mode that can roughly be described as narrative. For the artist, the narrative is mediated between text—or an allusion to something verbal—and the formal properties of composition and marks. Fisher’s recent work is made with chalk on prepared panels that look like blackboards.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Vernon Fisher

Title

Rules of Bending Circles

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1993

Medium

Color lithograph on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 75 × 89 cm (29 9/16 × 35 1/16 in.); Sheet: 91.7 × 104.4 cm (36 1/8 × 41 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Norman and Stanley Freehling

Reference Number

1994.127

Extended information about this artwork

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