Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 550,000+ artworks, 51,000+ artists, and 810+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Mental Exercise: Estimating the Center by Mel Bochner — VisualArtsDB

No image available

Mental Exercise: Estimating the Center

1972

Medium: Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper
Dimensions: 22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.1 cm)
Genre: drawing
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Styles

Drawings & Prints

More by Mel Bochner

Untitled (Study for Cantor's Paradox)

Untitled (Study for Cantor's Paradox)

Mel Bochner, 1966

Seven Branch, from Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations

Seven Branch, from Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations

Mel Bochner, 1971

First Prelude

First Prelude

Mel Bochner, 1988

Measurement: Wall

Measurement: Wall

Mel Bochner, 1969

Projected Plan for 42 Photographs Tri-Axial Rotation of a Cube

Projected Plan for 42 Photographs Tri-Axial Rotation of a Cube

Mel Bochner, 1966

Third Prelude

Third Prelude

Mel Bochner, 1988

Untitled (Fence Piece)

Untitled (Fence Piece)

Mel Bochner, 1966

Beach Boys–100%

Beach Boys–100%

Mel Bochner, 1967

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

Mel Bochner, 1970

12” Plate

12” Plate

Mel Bochner, 1994

3-Way Fibonacci Progression

3-Way Fibonacci Progression

Mel Bochner, 1966

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

Mel Bochner, 1970