Date
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Signed and dated lower right, below plate, in graphite: "Mel Bochner 1974"; inscribed lower left, below plate, in graphite: "Meditation on Theorem of Pythagorus;" inscribed lower center, below plate, in graphite: "17/25"; blindstamp lower right: "CROWN POINT PRESS / KATHAN BROWN"
Dimensions
Chine: 34.9 × 26.9 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/8 in.); Left plate: 35 × 27.4 cm (13 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Right plate: 35.1 × 27.5 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68.2 × 95.4 cm (26 7/8 × 37 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Hannah Mangold, and Francesca and Piera Bochner
Reference Number
2015.339.1
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