Artworks · Lee Bontecou

Colophon, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress on folded ivory laid paper

Folded sheet: 51 × 32.9 cm (20 1/8 × 13 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 66.3 cm (20 1/8 × 26 1/8 in.)

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Portfolio Box, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Wooden box inlaid with copper plate

56.7 × 40.3 × 3.1 cm (22 3/8 × 15 7/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

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Portfolio Box, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Soft ground etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory muslin

53.4 × 35.3 × 4.6 cm (21 1/16 × 13 15/16 × 1 13/16 in.)

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Plate V, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 25 × 23 cm (9 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Folded sheet: 51 × 33 cm (20 1/8 × 13 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 66.6 cm (20 1/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

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Poem page, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress in black on ivory laid paper, folded

Folded sheet: 51 × 33 cm (20 1/8 × 13 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 65.8 cm (20 1/8 × 25 15/16 in.)

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Plate III, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 17.1 × 23.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.); Folded sheet: 51 × 32.1 cm (20 1/8 × 12 11/16 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 66.6 cm (20 1/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

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Plate IV, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 23.2 × 16.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 9/16 in.); Folded sheet: 51 × 33 cm (20 1/8 × 13 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 66.6 cm (20 1/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

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Plate VI, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 22 × 29.3 cm (8 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Folded sheet: 51 × 32.8 cm (20 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 66.6 cm (20 1/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

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Plate I, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory laid paper

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Plate II, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink, with letterpress in black ink, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 14.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.); Folded sheet: 51.2 × 32.8 cm (20 3/16 × 12 15/16 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51.2 × 66.6 cm (20 3/16 × 26 1/4 in.)

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Title and Introduction pages, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress on folded ivory laid paper

Folded sheet: 51 × 32.7 cm (20 1/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Unfolded sheet: 51 × 66 cm (20 1/8 × 26 in.)

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Plate III, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 17.5 × 23.7 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 29 × 40.2 cm (11 7/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

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Plate III, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 17.1 × 23.5 cm (6 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 28.6 × 40.6 cm (11 5/16 × 16 in.)

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Plate V, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching from one plate in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 25.4 × 23.5 cm (10 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 29.5 cm (15 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Soft ground etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink on ivory muslin, laid down on board

53.7 × 34.7 cm (21 3/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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Study for Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Graphite, with red chalk (recto); red chalk (verso), on tracing paper

54.8 × 36.8 cm (21 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

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Plate IV, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint and etching from one plate, with brush and black ink, on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 23.3 × 17.2 cm (9 3/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 27.3 cm (13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Study for Plate II and IV, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Graphite, with touches of red chalk, on tracing paper

60.5 × 47.6 cm (23 7/8 × 18 3/4 in.)

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Untitled Etching

1967 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 65.8 × 43.5 cm (25 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 74.7 × 50 cm (29 7/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

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Experimental Plate, for Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching with aquatint from one plate in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 13 × 22.3 cm (5 1/8 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 17.1 × 40.8 cm (6 3/4 × 16 1/8 in.)

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Untitled Etching

1967 · Etching from one plate in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 65.9 × 43.4 cm (26 × 17 1/8 in.); Sheet: 74.8 × 50 cm (29 1/2 × 19 11/16 in.)

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Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching and aquatint in black on linen

Image/plate: 52 × 35.1 cm (20 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68 × 93 cm (26 13/16 × 36 5/8 in.)

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Fourteenth Stone

1967 · Lithograph in white and silver on a black ink flat on ivory wove paper

Image: 63.1 × 87 cm (24 7/8 × 34 5/16 in.); Sheet: 76.7 × 107.9 cm (30 1/4 × 42 1/2 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on ivory cloth

40.1 × 34.6 cm (15 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Soft ground relief etching and aquatint from one plate in black ink on ivory muslin

Image/plate: 50.5 × 32.6 cm (19 15/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 58.8 × 41.8 cm (23 3/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

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Portfolio Box, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on a cloth covered box with ties

52.6 × 34.7 × 3.5 cm (20 3/4 × 13 11/16 × 1 7/16 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching in black on ivory cloth

Image/plate: 52.2 × 34.3 cm (20 9/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Sheet: 97.9 × 42.8 cm (38 9/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 52.5 × 35.1 cm (20 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 75.4 × 56.3 cm (29 11/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on cloth, folded in three

51.5 × 36 cm (20 5/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on gray cloth

Image/plate: 52.7 × 36.3 cm (20 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.); Sheet: 91.2 × 51.2 cm (35 15/16 × 20 3/16 in.)

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Cover, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 51.5 × 35.6 cm (20 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 74.8 × 54 cm (29 1/2 × 21 5/16 in.)

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Plate IV, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress and aquatint with hard ground etching from one copper plate on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 23.5 × 16.9 cm (9 5/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 66.5 cm (19 15/16 × 26 3/16 in.)

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Plate V, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching letterpress on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 25.2 × 23.5 cm (9 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 66.3 cm (20 × 26 1/8 in.)

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Plate VI, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint and etching, with letterpress, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 22.3 × 29.3 cm (8 13/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 66.4 cm (20 1/8 × 26 3/16 in.)

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Plate II, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching with aquatint and letterpress on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 14.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 66.5 cm (20 × 26 3/16 in.)

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Plate I from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching and letterpress on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16.2 × 13 cm (6 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51 × 66 cm (20 1/8 × 26 in.)

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Introduction, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress on tan newsprint, taped onto ivory laid paper, with letterpress on verso

Image/primary support: 10.9 × 16.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 50.2 × 65.2 cm (19 13/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

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Plate III, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress and aquatint with hard ground etching from one copper plate on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 17.3 × 23.5 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 66.3 cm (20 × 26 1/8 in.)

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Plate I from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress and aquatint with etching from one copper plate on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 17.2 × 12.8 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 50 × 66.3 cm (19 11/16 × 26 1/8 in.)

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Plate VI, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching, with letterpress laid down on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 22.4 × 29.7 cm (8 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 66 cm (19 15/16 × 26 in.)

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Title Page, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress on ivory laid paper

50.8 × 33.9 cm (20 × 13 3/8 in.)

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Poem page, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress laid down on ivory laid paper

50.2 × 65.8 cm (19 13/16 × 25 15/16 in.)

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Plate VI, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Letterpress on ivory laid paper

50.3 × 65.2 cm (19 13/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

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Plate V, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching, with letterpress laid down on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 25.2 × 23.4 cm (9 15/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 66 cm (19 15/16 × 26 in.)

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Plate I from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching, with letterpress taped and laid down, on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 12.9 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 50.9 × 66.2 cm (20 1/16 × 26 1/8 in.)

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Plate II, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching with aquatint and letterpress laid down on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16.5 × 14.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50 × 66.2 cm (19 11/16 × 26 1/8 in.)

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Plate III, from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Aquatint with etching, with letterpress laid down on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 17.5 × 23.5 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 50.2 × 66 cm (19 13/16 × 26 in.)

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Experimental Plate, for Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone

1967 · Etching with aquatint from one plate in black ink, with embossing, on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 13.1 × 22.7 cm (5 3/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 17.1 × 40.5 cm (6 3/4 × 16 in.)

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