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Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

American, b. 1940

Mel Bochner experimented with a range of styles before finding his eventual success as a pioneer in Conceptual art. An audacious 1966 show at School of Visual Arts (SVA) in Manhattan that he presented, “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” remains a seminal touchstone for Conceptualism.

Bochner was born to a Pittsburgh sign painter in 1940. While attending the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) in the late 1950s, he studied color theory and modernist movements as well as classical drawing, a balance that was formative in his career. After graduation, he moved to San Francisco, creating paintings influenced by Clyfford Still and Jean Dubuffet.

It wasn’t until Bochner “found his way out of the labyrinth of late Abstract Expressionism,” as he put it to The Brooklyn Rail, that he began to create his most meaningful work. Following a stint auditing philosophy classes after a friend introduced him to the work of Heidegger, Bochner relocated to New York, finding work as a guard at the Jewish Museum. In Manhattan, he ran in the same circles as Dan Flavin, Brice Marden and Donald Judd.

“One of the conversations going on in New York in the late ’60s was about the relationship of the object to the art experience,” Bochner said. “...Younger artists like myself were talking about what it would mean to eliminate the object altogether.” This idea would become the foundation of the Conceptual movement, in which Bochner was instrumental. The artist is probably best known for his text-focused paintings, including a series that plays with the phrase “Blah Blah Blah.” He produces work that regards art as an experience, rather than an object, centering on the process of creation and viewership as opposed to the finished product.

Bochner’s “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art” featured drawings, notes and outlines from the likes of Milton Glaser, Carl Andre, Sol LeWitt and others as well as pages from Scientific American. Bochner, then an art history professor at SVA, photocopied the assemblage of works, added them to binders and positioned them on pedestals for the exhibition because the show’s organizers lacked the funds to frame the pieces.

Bochner’s works can be found in the collections of many major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Artist: Mel Bochner
Mel Bochner - Kick Against the Pricks Blah Blah Blah, Silkscreen Signed/N Framed
Mel Bochner - Kick Against the Pricks Blah Blah Blah, Silkscreen Signed/N Framed

Mel Bochner - Kick Against the Pricks Blah Blah Blah, Silkscreen Signed/N Framed

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

MEL BOCHNER Kick Against the Pricks (Blah..Blah...Blah...), 2018 Two color silkscreen on boutique silk fair paper with blue-colored back, 350 gsm paper Signed, dated, and numbered 29...

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2010s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Screen

Cubes, Signed Abstract Etching by Mel Bochner
Cubes, Signed Abstract Etching by Mel Bochner

Cubes, Signed Abstract Etching by Mel Bochner

By Mel Bochner

Located in Long Island City, NY

Mel Bochner studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology where he received his B.F.A. in 1962. Since 1964 he has lived and worked in New York City. He has exhibited widely in the Unit...

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1980s Abstract Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE, Monoprint with collage, engraving & embossment, Signed
Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE, Monoprint with collage, engraving & embossment, Signed

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By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

Fresh to market - UNIQUE! Mel Bochner UNNAMEABLE Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand- dyed Twinrocker handmade paper Signed in graphite recto Frame included - he...

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"Untitled" by Mel Bochner (Red, White, Abstract, Expressionist, Screenprint)
"Untitled" by Mel Bochner (Red, White, Abstract, Expressionist, Screenprint)

"Untitled" by Mel Bochner (Red, White, Abstract, Expressionist, Screenprint)

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

One screenprint in colors on wove paper, 1984, signed in pencil, dated and numbered from the edition of 144 (total edition includes 18 artist's proofs), 42 3/4 by 35 inches (sheet), ...

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1980s Abstract Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner
Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner

Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner

By Mel Bochner

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Mel Bochner, American (1940 - ) Title: Four Color Quartets Year: 1990 Medium: Four Lithographs, signed and numbered verso Edition: 8/35 Overall Size...

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1990s Conceptual Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Four Color Quartets (First Quartet)
Four Color Quartets (First Quartet)

Four Color Quartets (First Quartet)

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

Suite $10,000. Individual Quartets $3,500. First Quartet 35 in. x 35 in. Second Quartet 35 in. x 45 in. Third Quartet 45 in. x 35 in. Fourth Quartet 45 in. x 45 in. Signed and ...

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1990s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Four Color Quartets (Second Quartet)
Four Color Quartets (Second Quartet)

Four Color Quartets (Second Quartet)

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

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1990s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Four Color Quartets (Third Quartet)
Four Color Quartets (Third Quartet)

Four Color Quartets (Third Quartet)

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

Suite $10,000. Individual Quartets $3,500. Signed and dated on verso. First Quartet 35 in. x 35 in. Second Quartet 35 in. x 45 in. Third Quartet 45 in. x 35 in. Fourth Quartet ...

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1990s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Four Quartets Third Quartet
Four Quartets Third Quartet

Four Quartets Third Quartet

By Mel Bochner

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Four Quartets Third Quartet, 1990 Mel Bochner (American, b. 1940) Signed and Numbered Verso Lithograph in Four Panels 42 x 34.5 inches 52.25 x 44 inches with frame Mel Bochner, a po...

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Four Color Quartets (Fourth Quartet)
Four Color Quartets (Fourth Quartet)

Four Color Quartets (Fourth Quartet)

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

Suite $10,000. Individual Quartets $3,000. First Quartet 35 in. x 35 in. Second Quartet 35 in. x 45 in. Third Quartet 45 in. x 35 in. Fourth Quartet 45 in. x 45 in. Signed and ...

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