The Art Comics and Satires of Ad Reinhardt

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Artist Ad Reinhardt (American, 1913–1967)American, 1913–1967

Author Thomas B. Hess(American, 1920–1978)American, 1920–1978

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Art Comics and Satires of Ad Reinhardt

Date1946–1956, published 1975

MediumOffset photolithographs

DimensionsSheet (.A-.W): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet (.X, .CC): 11 × 25 in. (27.9 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet (.Y): 8 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (22.2 × 57.2 cm)
Sheet (.Z): 16 × 23 in. (40.6 × 58.4 cm)
Sheet (.AA): 13 7/8 × 21 3/4 in. (35.2 × 55.2 cm)
Sheet (.BB): 22 1/8 × 15 1/2 in. (56.2 × 39.4 cm)
Sheet (.DD): 11 × 17 1/2 in. (27.9 × 44.5 cm)
Sheet (.EE catalog): 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (24.8 × 21 cm)
Sheet (.FF folder): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet (.GG envelope): 17 5/8 × 13 in. (44.8 × 33 cm)

Credit LineGift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio

Object number2007.1032.A-.GG

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ProvenanceCarla Panicali; given to Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, by 2007; given to MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

.AA) Marked in blue ink, recto lower right: "REINHARDT 1954"
.BB) Marked in blue ink, recto lower right, in the image: "REINHARDT 1955"
.DD) Marked in red ink, recto upper left, in the image: "REINHARDT 1946"

.EE) Printed on the cover of the booklet: "The Art Comics / and / Satires / of / Ad Reinhardt / by Thomas B. Hess / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf / Marlborough Rome / 1975"

Printed on page four: "Text © 1975 Thomas B. Hess, Rome, Italy / Plates © Anna Reinhardt, Rome, Italy"

Printed on page sixty: "Printed in Rome by De Luca editore"

.FF) Printed on the cover of the folder for twenty-three prints (.A-.W): "P. M. 1 - P. M. 23 / by / Ad Reinhardt / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf / Marlborough Rome / 1975"

.GG) Printed on the cover of the envelope: "The Art Comics / and / Satires / of / Ad Reinhardt / by Thomas B. Hess / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf / Marlborough Rome / 1975"

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