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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1999 creation date earliest: 1999 creation date latest: 1999 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: © Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery --- culture: America, 20th century technique: etching with chine collé department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Martin Puryear (American, b. 1941) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: inscribed in pencil: 15/40 Martin Puryear translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (1/26/2014 - 5/18/2014); "Our Stories: African American Prints and Drawings" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES