Theory of Boundaries

1969-1970

Mel Bochner

Associated Names
Mel Bochner

Artist, American, 1940 - 2025

This image shows red rectangular shapes painted on a white wall. The arrangement consists of four rectangles that are evenly spaced out. Three are of a similar size, while the one to the right of center is much smaller. Three are solid red, while the rectangle on the far right is a red outline. The rectangles appear to have words written inside them, such as "at in," "over in," and "at out."
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 29 April 2004 through (Sonnabend Gallery, New York) by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Using Walls (Indoors), The Jewish Museum, New York, 1970, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1984

  • Flyktpunkter/Vanishing Points, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1984, no. 2, repro.

1987

  • Mel Bochner: Selected Works 1969-1986, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1987, no cat.

1995

  • Mel Bochner: Thought Made Visible 1966-1973, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; La Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, 1995-1996.

2006

  • Mel Bochner: Language 1966-2006, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006-2007, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20197041

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