John Cage
Plexigram I

Plexigram I
Plexigram I
Plexigram I
ArtistAmerican, 1912–1992
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Plexigram I
  • from the series Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel
Date1969
PlaceUnited States
MediumEight screenprints in colors on Perspex with wood base, artist's proof XI/XVIII
DimensionsSheet (each panel): 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Base (wood base): 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 24 in. (1.9 × 36.8 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner, III
Object number83.60
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Playing with Process: Explorations in Experimental Printmaking," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, June 19—September 8, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Wood base: Inscribed in ink, lower left: I A.P. XI/XVIII
Wood base: Signed in ink, bottom right: John Cage / Cal Sumsion
Wood base: Signed in ink, bottom right: John Cage / Cal Sumsion
Wood base: Top left: Hollanders Workshop Inc.

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