1983
Acclaimed American artist Brice Marden worked for decades in abstract mode, creating lush, monochromatic multiple-panel paintings and notebooks full of mesmerizing drawings that are imbued with the lyricism of calligraphy. He was deemed a master of minimalism.
“Ultimately, I’m using the painting as a sounding board for the spirit,” Marden once said. “You can be painting and go into a place where thought stops — where you can just be and it just comes out.”
Marden received his BFA from Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1961 and his MFA from Yale University’s School of Art in 1963. Afterward, the Bronxville, New York, native moved back to New York City. There, he was exposed to the work of Jasper Johns while he was working as a guard at the Jewish Museum and later Robert Rauschenberg’s art when he became Rauschenberg’s studio assistant.
Apart from these iconic artists and the Abstract Expressionist movement, Marden’s inspirations were numerous and broad-ranging: trips to the Hydra islands in Greece beginning in the early 1970s (he kept a home there), Baroque masters like Francisco Goya and Chinese stone carvings from the late eighth century. Each of these influences yielded a milestone in Marden’s career, whether he created a revered series of paintings or incorporated a new technique or approach in a practice that had been otherwise evolving for years.
Marden is also known for having experimented with the tools he used to paint his networks of colorful, rhythmic lines. Sometimes he replaced brushes with sticks, dipping their ends in ink and making art that references Chinese calligraphy. In his early days, Marden was also known to paint with kitchen spatulas. His dedication to gesture and line was at the heart of his practice.
Marden’s work can be found in the collections of the Tate Britain, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and other institutions.
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Brice Marden -- Tiles
By Brice Marden
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Brice Marden Tiles, 1979 Etching with aquatint, on Somerset satin paper Edition 5 / 50 lower left Hang signed and dated lower right Image size 20 x 20 cm Sheet size 75 x 57 cm Refer...
Etching, Aquatint
$9,411
H 10.04 in W 8.27 in
Brice Marden, Etching for Parkett - Signed Print, Minimalism, Abstract Art
By Brice Marden
Located in Hamburg, DE
Brice Marden (American, b. 1938) Etching for Parkett, 1986 Medium: Sugar lift and aquatint on Rives BFK, bound in Parkett journal no. 7 Dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm Edition of 100: Hand-...
Aquatint
Lana 2
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Lana 2 1966 Screenprint on paper 20 x 24 inches; 51 x 61 cm Edition of 11 Signed, titled, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) This silkscreen was printed by Brice...
Screen
Distant Muses
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Distant Muses 2000 Screenprint 23 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches; 60 x 49 cm Edition of 300 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available from Matthew Marks...
Screen
Nevis Letter
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Nevis Letter 2009 Etching 30 x 22 1/2 inches; 76 x 57 cm Edition of 45 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available upon request Available from Matthew Marks...
Etching
$1,500
H 39 in W 27 in
Brice Marden in London (Hand Signed) Gagosian Gallery Minimalist offset poster
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden in London (Hand signed), 2017 Offset lithograph poster. Hand signed by Brice Marden Signed in black marker by Brice Marden on the front 39 × 27 inches Unframed Provenanc...
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled (Abstract Gestyral Oil Painting)
By Brice Marden
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful gestural abstract painting, ca. 1990. Oil on heavy Belgian linen, 22 x 30 inches. Unsigned.
Raw Linen, Oil
$1,500
H 24 in W 34.75 in
Elevation Exhibition print, Hand Signed by Brice Marden Minimalist offset poster
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Elevation print (Hand Signed by Brice Marden), 2019 Offset lithograph poster. Hand Signed by Brice Marden Boldly signed in black marker by Brice Marden on the front 24 ×...
Lithograph, Offset
"Black Gouache" lithograph
By (after) Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). Printed in 1992 by l'Imprimerie Karcher and published by Nouvelles Editions Seguier in an edition of 1000 for the Sol LeWitt "Black Gouaches" ...
Lithograph
"Black Gouache" lithograph
By (after) Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). Printed in 1992 by l'Imprimerie Karcher and published by Nouvelles Editions Seguier in an edition of 1000 for the Sol LeWitt "Black Gouaches" ...
Lithograph
Chanterelle -- Print, Offset Lithograph, Abstract Art by Howard Hodgkin
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
Chanterelle, 1996 Howard Hodgkin Offset lithograph printed in colours Initialled and dated in pencil, from an unknown edition size Sheet: 43.2 × 27.6 cm (17 × 10.9 in)
Lithograph
Four Bar Rhythm -- Print, Screen Print, Abstract Art by Idris Khan
By Idris Khan
Located in London, GB
Four Bar Rhythm, 2020 Idris Khan Screenprint in colours with varnish overlay On 410gsm Somerset Satin White paper Signed and numbered from the edition of 125 Sheet: 56 × 43.5 cm (22...
Screen
Untitled (for Obama) -- Lithograph, Geometric, Abstract, Minimalism by Kelly
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in London, GB
Untitled [for Obama], 2012 Ellsworth Kelly Lithograph in black, on Rives BFK white wove Signed and numbered from the edition of 150 From Artists for Obama Printed and published by G...
Lithograph
One Down -- Print, Lithograph, Hand-coloured, Abstract Art by Howard Hodgkin
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
One Down, 1981-82 Howard Hodgkin Lithograph printed in classic black, transparent brown/black and violet black, with hand-colouring in gouache (three different greys), on buff Velin...
Lithograph
Two’s Company B -- Print, Etching, Hand-coloured, Abstract Art by Howard Hodgkin
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in London, GB
Two’s Company B, 2002 – 03 Howard Hodgkin Sugarlift-ground etching with aquatint and carborundum printed in colours, extensively hand-coloured in acrylic, on Two Rivers wove Initia...
Acrylic, Etching, Aquatint
Floor -- Print, Lithograph, Contemporary Art by Antony Gormley
By Antony Gormley
Located in London, GB
Floor, 2007 Antony Gormley Lithograph, on 300g. Velin d’Arches paper Signed and numbered from the edition of 40 Published by Edition Copenhagen, Copenhagen Sheet: 69 × 100 cm (27.2...
Lithograph
