Blah, Blah, Blah / Mel Bochner

About this Item

Record Details

Accession Number

2013/1.286

Title

Blah, Blah, Blah

Artist

Mel Bochner

Artist Nationality

American

Artist Life Dates

American, b. 1940

Medium and Support

monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper

Object Creation Date

2011

Credit Line

University of Michigan Museum of Art and Promised Gift of Irving Stenn, Jr.

Inscription

signed in pencil top center, recto "MB 118"

Dimensions

175.26 cm x 132.08 cm (69 in. x 52 in.)

Physical Description

An assembled collage of varying layers. The background is blacks, greys and whites and the top layer is blue, white and green paint in the text "BLAH," in three rows across the painting covering the entire surface.

Primary Keywords

abstract

monoprint

text

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

layout features

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

planographic printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Rights

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Technical Details

Collection

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Image Size

2492 x 3270

File Size

1 MB

Record

2013/1.286

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-1.286/2013_1.286.jpg content_copy