Artworks · Mel Bochner

The Joys of Yiddish

2014 · Screenprint on felt mounted on aluminium

Sheet: 160 × 134 cm (63 × 52 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Blah, Blah, Blah

2009 · Color monoprint, with engraving and embossment, in oil paint on hand-stained handmade paper

Image/plate/sheet: 31.2 × 23.6 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Blah, Blah, Blah

2009 · Color monoprint, with engraving and embossment, in oil paint on hand-stained handmade paper

Image/plate/sheet: 31.5 × 23.2 cm (12 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Child's Play 1

1996 · Paint on seventy-two wooden blocks

13.3 × 13.3 × 71.1 cm (5 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 28 in.)

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12” Plate

1994 · Aquatint in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 22.6 × 30.3 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 45.7 cm (21 15/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Not Ttitled (DSO3)

1994 · Gouache on eight sheets of paper

18 1/8 x 36 3/4" (46.4 x 93.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Floating World

1990 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

Image/sheet: 33.7 × 47.2 cm (13 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Floating World

1990 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

Image/sheet: 33.7 × 47.2 cm (13 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Floating World

1990 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

Image/sheet: 33.7 × 47.2 cm (13 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Floating World

1990 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

Image: 29.5 × 47.2 cm (11 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.); Sheet: 33.7 × 47.2 cm (13 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

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Floating World

1990 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

Image/sheet: 33.7 × 47.2 cm (13 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from Floating World

1990 · Woodcut

composition (slightly irreg.): 13 1/4 x 18 7/16" (33.7 x 46.8 cm); sheet: 13 x 18 7/16" (33 x 46.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Third Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

45.1 × 30.4 cm (17 13/16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Second Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Second Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.2 cm (15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

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Second Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.3 cm (15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

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First Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

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Third Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 45.3 × 30.4 cm (17 7/8 × 12 in.)

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First Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.3 × 30.6 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Second Prelude

1988 · Lift-ground etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

40.2 × 30.3 cm (15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Via Vanvitelli

1987 · Charcoal on four sheets of colored paper

64 x 64" (162.5 x 162.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fjord

1984 · Oil on canvas

236.2 × 238.8 cm (93 × 94 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1983 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint with chine collé

plate: 11 7/8 × 8 3/4" (30.1 × 22.3 cm); sheet: 25 1/16 × 20 1/2" (63.6 × 52.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ten to 10 (Zones)

1978 · Color aquatint on ivory wove paper

Plate: 57.5 × 75.5 cm (22 11/16 × 29 3/4 in.); Sheet: 66.2 × 88.2 cm (26 1/8 × 34 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

5 + 5

1976 · Pencil on paper

6 x 8 3/4" (15.2 x 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Secrets of the Great Pyramids

1975 · Pencil on graph paper (recto and verso)

10 1/4 × 10 1/8" (26 × 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Belvedere Courtyard

1974 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

13.7 × 15 cm (5 7/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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Principle of Detachment, from QED

1974 · Chine collé and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Chine: 34.8 × 27.1 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Left plate: 35.1 × 27.3 cm (13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Right plate: 35.3 × 27.5 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68.6 × 95.4 cm (27 1/16 × 37 9/16 in.)

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Plate one, from QED

1974 · Chine collé and aquatint in black on ivory wove paper

Chine: 34.9 × 26.9 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/8 in.); Left plate: 35.1 × 27.3 cm (13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Right plate: 35.1 × 27.2 cm (13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 68.2 × 95.4 cm (26 7/8 × 37 9/16 in.)

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Meditation on Theorem of Pythagorus, from QED

1974 · Chine collé and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Chine: 34.9 × 26.9 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/8 in.); Left plate: 35 × 27.4 cm (13 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Right plate: 35.1 × 27.5 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68.2 × 95.4 cm (26 7/8 × 37 9/16 in.)

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Five and Fifth, from QED

1974 · Chine collé and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Chine: 34.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Left plate: 35.2 × 27.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Right plate: 35.3 × 27.5 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 95.5 cm (27 × 37 5/8 in.)

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Rules of Inference

1974 · Aquatint and etching on paper

Image: 56.3 × 78.4 cm (22 3/16 × 30 7/8 in.); Sheet: 75.6 × 99 cm (29 13/16 × 39 in.)

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Q.E.D

1974 · Portfolio of four etchings and aquatint with chine collé

Various plate dimensions. Sheet (each approx): 27 x 37 3/4" (68.6 x 95.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rules of Inference

1974 · Aquatint

plate: 22 1/4 x 31 1/16" (56.5 x 78.9 cm); sheet: 29 7/8 x 39 3/16" (75.9 x 99.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Triangle and Square: Points

1974 · Charcoal on paper

29 3/4 x 41 1/2" (75.5 x 105.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Triangular and Square (Second Diagonal)

1974 · Pastel and pencil on paper

38 1/8 x 50 1/8" (96.7 x 127.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Wall Painting

1973 · Colored pencil, black felt-tip pen and graphite on cream wove paper

30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 1/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

5 + 5

1973 · Aquatint in black on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 47.1 × 53.5 cm (18 9/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rules of Inference

1973 · Pencil, gouache, colored pencil, and charcoal on paper

37 3/4 × 50 1/8" (95.9 × 127.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mental Exercise: Estimating the Center

1972 · Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mental Exercise: Estimating a Corner to Corner Diagonal

1972 · Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mental Exercise: Estimating a Centered Vertical

1972 · Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mental Exercise: Estimating a Circle

1972 · Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.9 x 76 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Continuous/Discontinuous Re-Placements

1972 · Felt-tip pen and pencil on notebook paper

14 x 11" (35.5 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Laurentian Library

1972 · Ink on paper

6 5/8 x 5" (16.8 x 12.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Diamond Branch, from Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations

1971 · Color line photo-engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 45.3 × 38 cm (17 7/8 × 15 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 38 cm (20 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago