id:			159446
accession number:	1996.23.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.23.1
updated:		2025-09-23 15:19:14.057000

Five Threes: Five Threes, 1976–1977. Brice Marden (American, 1938–2023), Parasol Press. Etching and aquatint, in dark blue and black; image and plate: 53.7 x 76 cm (21 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.); sheet: 83.8 x 101.9 cm (33 x 40 1/8 in.); matted: 91.4 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm (36 x 42 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund, 1996.23.1. © Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Five Threes
title in original language:	
series:				Five Threes
series in original language:	
creation date:			1976–1977
creation date earliest:		1976
creation date latest:		1977
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
copyright:			© Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	etching and aquatint, in dark blue and black
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Portfolio
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catalogue raisonne: Lewison 28 (a)

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CREATORS

* Brice Marden (American, 1938–2023)  - artist

* Parasol Press  - published by

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measurements: Image and Plate: 53.7 x 76 cm (21 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.); Sheet: 83.8 x 101.9 cm (33 x 40 1/8 in.); Matted: 91.4 x 106.7 x 0.3 cm (36 x 42 x 1/8 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	25 plus 10 artist's proofs

support materials:

	description:	bright white wove paper (Stonehenge)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in graphite: 1/25 ; signed, lower right, in graphite: B. Marden 76-77 ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: P3312-233
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Less is More: Minimal Prints
	opening date:   2013-06-16T00:00:00
	<i>Less is More: Minimal Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 16-October 20, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Matthew Marks Gallery, New York)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Glaubinger, Jane. "Less is More." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 53, no. 4 (July/August 2013): 6-7.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6-7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-04/page/n5/mode/2up

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