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Proposal for a Wall Piece; Grids by Mel Bochner — VisualArtsDB

Proposal for a Wall Piece; Grids

Proposal for a Wall Piece; Grids

1968

Medium: Graphite and pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24 1/16 in.)
Genre: drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteinkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)wove paper

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