John Baldessari
Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell

© John Baldessari

Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
ArtistAmerican, 1931–2020
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Heaven and Hell
Date1988
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPhotoetching and aquatint, with scraping in colors.
Dimensions.A left plates (3 plates butted): 40 13/16 × 24 1/8 in. (103.7 × 61.3 cm)
.A left sheet: 47 5/8 × 31 1/2 in. (121 × 80 cm)
.B right plates (4 plates butted): 34 × 27 9/16 in. (86.4 × 70 cm)
.B right sheet: 47 3/4 × 31 1/2 in. (121.3 × 80 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.2.A,.B
Not on view

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Object Type
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
Each sheet numbered in pencil, lower left: "IX/X". Watermark, lower right: "BFK RIVES FRANCE".
Each sheet signed in pencil, lower right: "BALDESSARI".

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John Baldessari
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Photoetching and aquatint in colors, with color added à la poupée
96.89.6
John Baldessari
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Photoetching and aquatint in colors
96.89.3
John Baldessari
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Photoetching and aquatint in colors
96.89.5
John Baldessari
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Photoetching, aquatint and roulette in colors
96.89.2
John Baldessari
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Photoetching, aquatint and chalk with scraping in colors
96.89.36
John Baldessari
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Photoetching, aquatint and roulette in colors
96.89.4
John Baldessari
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Photoetching, aquatint and roulette in colors
96.89.1
John Baldessari
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Photoetching and aquatint with scraping, hand-colored with crayon
96.89.16
Working proof of Hell
John Baldessari
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Photoetching and aquatint with scraping, hand-colored with crayon
96.89.15
Working proof of Hell
John Baldessari
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Photoetching with scraping, hand-colored with crayon
96.89.14
Working proof of Heaven
John Baldessari
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Photoetching and aquatint in colors, with hand-applied watercolor and collaged element in pastel over watercolor
96.89.29
Color trial proof of test plate for Hell
John Baldessari
1988
Photoetching with hand-applied crayon
96.89.26