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Third Stone

A work made of lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory laid paper.

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  • A work made of lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1963

Artist:

Lee Bontecou (American, 1931-2022)
printed by Zigmunds Priede
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

About this artwork

Bontecou referred to First Stone and Second Stone as experiments. For Third Stone, “I pushed harder,” she said, describing a more finished drawing. “It’s related to [my] sculpture, but it wasn’t for any particular sculpture. I was happy to find that in drawings or in litho, I could be so much more free—was not bound by the material. Endless space—whereas in the sculpture I have to have a frame, something to stop it.”

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Lee Bontecou

Title

Third Stone

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1963

Medium

Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 42.9 × 34.4 cm (16 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.5 cm (25 11/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1982.96

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