Cover plate, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone
Catalogue
- Year
- 1967
- Medium
- Copper plate (cancelled)
- Dimensions
- 52.7 × 35.8 cm (20 3/4 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Lee Bontecou
Artist
Sculpture
The work of abstract sculptor Lee Bontecou evades easy categorization. Although not affiliated with any artistic movement, her objects share similarities with Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism and evoke early Cubist sculpture. Her sculptures are typically defined by dark cavernous voids at their centers, and posses an industrial, seemingly mechanical aesthetic.
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More by Lee Bontecou
An Untitled Print
1981 · Lithograph from fourteen plates in blue and green ink on white wove paper
Fifteenth Stone
1980 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on white wove paper
Sixteenth Stone
1980 · Lithograph from one stone in gray ink on tan wove paper
Study for An Untitled Print
1979 · Lithograph from two stones in black and white on gray wove paper
Study for An Untitled Print (White on Black)
1979 · Lithograph from one stone in white on black wove paper
Pirates
1979 · Lithograph from seven plates and three stones in black, gray, blue, purple, and metallic silver ink on white wove paper
Record
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- Lee Bontecou
- Year
- 1967
- Medium
- Copper plate (cancelled)
- Dimensions
- 52.7 × 35.8 cm (20 3/4 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1967-123380
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified