four screenprints, 1983, each signed in pencil, dated and inscribed 'I...PP 1/2', a printer's proof aside from the numbered edition of 32 with 5 artist's proofs, on Mino Kozo Kizuki paper, with the blindstamp of the printer and publisher Simca Artists, framed  (4 prints)

Hallmark Fine Art Collection

Lewison, Jeremy. Brice Marden Prints 1961 – 1991, A Catalogue Raisonné. London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1992, pl. 38

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. '2' with a slight ripple in the top corner of the sheet. '4' is unevenly printed on right side of sheet.Framed size: 104.3 x 80.5 cm; 41 x 31 3/4 in.
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“The rectangle is a great human invention.” Brice Marden, 1978

In the 1960s and 1970s, Brice Marden established his artistic career with his matte, monochromatic paintings, often wiꦛth multiple panels. As a painter and printmaker, Marden made significant contributions to the Minimalist aesthetic and achieved a balance between emotional intensity and formal simplicity in his works.

This prꦓint portfolio is dated in 1983, the same year 🎃that Brice Marden visited Asia for the first time. The gestural brushstrokes of the rectangular forms allude to the ink-wash effects of Asian painting. It is well-acknowledged that the grid structure of the calligraphy tradition inspired a dramatic shift in his style that resulted in subsequent decades of more gestural compositions.

An edition of these pri🐽nts is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and catalogued as Object No. 621.1983.1-4.