LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and graphite on paper

Measurements:

23.74 in. (60.30 cm.) (height) by 23.35 in. (59.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled, dated, and inscribed 'COUNTING EXERCISE: CIRCLES 1. CLOCKWISE / INTERIOR ORIENTATION 2. COUNTERCLOCKWISE / EXTERIOR ORIENTATION MEL BOCHNER, 1972' (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Contemporary Drawing, May-June 1973. Baltimore Museum of Art, Mel Bochner: Number and Shape , October-November 1976, p. 60, no. 36

Provenance:

The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist By descent from the above to the present owner