Sherrie Levine
[Twelve cancelled mahogany-veneered plywood woodblocks in composition board frame]

[Twelve cancelled mahogany-veneered plywood woodblocks in composition board frame]

© Sherrie Levine

[Twelve cancelled mahogany-veneered plywood woodblocks in composition board frame]
[Twelve cancelled mahogany-veneered plywood woodblocks in composition board frame]
ArtistAmerican, born 1947
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Twelve cancelled mahogany-veneered plywood woodblocks in composition board frame]
  • for Meltdown
Date1989
PlaceNew York, NY, United States
MediumMahogany-veneered plywood and composition board with diagram for assembly
Dimensions(.A -.L) each block: 6 × 6 inches (15.2 × 15.2 cm.)
(.M) frame: 31 1/16 × 23 7/8 × 1 5/16 inches (78.9 × 60.6 × 3.3 cm)
(96.50.A -.M.Diagram): 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, gift of Peter Blum/Blumarts, Inc., New York
Object number96.50.A-.M
Non exposé

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Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23, 2006 - October 15, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A -.L incised on recto with giant "X" across all blocks. .A-.L Each block numbered in red ink from "1" to "12" with diagonal mark at upper left corner (numbers correspond to numbers on frame). .M Frame numbered in red ink from "1" to "12" with diagonal marks at the locations on which the individual blocks rest (these numbers correspond with the numbers on the individual blocks .A-.L). .M Frame numbered in green ink from "1" to "12" at centre and along exterior of frame, as well as on mahogany braces (these numbers do not correspond with the numbers on the individual blocks). .M Frame inscribed in pencil at top center "TOP" and at bottom center "BOT". .M Frame inscribed on verso in pencil, top center: "LEVI 1000".

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