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

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Artist Sherrie Levine (American, born 1947)American, 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

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

PRINTING PLATES & BLOCKS

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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