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Etching One
Lee Bontecou (American, 1931–2022)
Printer and Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc., New York
Printer and Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc., New York
1967
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Platemark: 45.1 × 30.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 in.)
Sheet: 64.8 × 49.5 cm (25 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 64.8 × 49.5 cm (25 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Adrienne B. Torf in memory of Lois B. Torf
Accession Number2021.729
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sparks 9
Inscriptions28/35
ProvenanceBetween about 1967 and 1982, acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago; deaccessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago for sale through Christie’s; October 14, 1982, sale (consigned by the Art Institute of Chicago), Christie’s, New York, lot 9, to Lois B. Torf (b. 1926 – d. 2020), Weston, MA; 2020, by descent to her daughter, Adrienne B. Torf, San Francisco, CA; 2021, gift of Adrienne B. Torf to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)