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    Jeremy Lewison 43.2

  • Catalogue Essay


    Brice Marden was one of many artists who appropriated Asian philosophy as an American Minimalist. Cold Mountain Series, Zen Studies: #2 is one from a series of six prints that is directly informed by the art of Chinese calligraphy, illustrating the poem of Hanshan and the poet’s musings on the ‘physical world of dust.’

  • Artist Biography

    Brice Marden

    American • 1938 - N/A

    Born in Bronxville and working between New York City, Tivoli, New York, and Hydra, Greece, Brice Marden developed a unique style that departs from his Abstract Expressionist and Minimalist contemporaries. Drawing from his personal experiences and global travels, Marden’s works demonstrate a gestural and organic emotion channeled through the power of color. By the late 1960s, Marden received international recognition as the master of the monochrome panel and, in the late 1970s, began exploring the relationship between horizontal and vertical planes. His practice is deeply informed by his knowledge of classical architecture, world religion, ancient history, and spirituality. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998, Marden is represented in notable institutional collections including the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

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Cold Mountain Series, Zen Studies: #2

1991
Etching with aquatint in white and black, on Whatman paper, with full margins,
I. 20 3/4 x 27 1/4 in. (52.7 x 69.2 cm);
S. 27 1/2 x 35 1/4 in. (44.5 x 89.5 cm)

signed, dated `91' and numbered 20/35 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs), published by the artist, two pale foxmarks in the lower margin, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $37,500

Modern & Contemporary Editions

21 Nov 2010
New York