id:			162533
accession number:	2003.17
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.17
updated:		2023-04-22 12:24:36.103000

Untitled, 1999. Martin Puryear (American, b. 1941). Etching with chine collé; sheet: 68.5 x 81 cm (26 15/16 x 31 7/8 in.); platemark: 45.3 x 60.5 cm (17 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2003.17 © Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			1999
creation date earliest:		1999
creation date latest:		1999
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	etching with chine collé
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Martin Puryear (American, b. 1941)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 68.5 x 81 cm (26 15/16 x 31 7/8 in.); Platemark: 45.3 x 60.5 cm (17 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed in pencil: 15/40  Martin Puryear
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (1/26/2014 - 5/18/2014); "Our Stories: African American Prints and Drawings"

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PROVENANCE

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The sculptor Puryear is also a skilled and avid printmaker. Sensitive to the materials with which he works, he produces prints that display their own special qualities. The bulbous etched shape reflects the artist's large rounded sculptures fabricated out of wire and replicates the mystery and ambiguity of his wooden constructions, but the three "holes" that puncture the ball here emphasize the flatness of the printed form. The two-dimensional network of etched lines, and the sheen of the Japanese paper, emphasize elements of the printmaking medium: line and surface.
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