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Solid with 5 Volumes Subtracted by Mel Bochner — VisualArtsDB

Solid with 5 Volumes Subtracted

Solid with 5 Volumes Subtracted

1966

Medium: Pen and black ink on blue-lined graph paper
Dimensions: 21.6 × 27.9 cm (8 9/16 × 11 in.)
Genre: ink
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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