Artworks · Lee Bontecou

Thirteenth Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on white Japanese paper, laid down on black wove paper

Image: 31.3 × 40.3 cm (12 3/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Primary support: 35.9 × 43.9 cm (14 3/16 × 17 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 51.7 × 67.4 cm (20 3/8 × 26 9/16 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in gray ink on black Japanese paper, laid down on black wove paper

Image: 26 × 41.2 cm (10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Primary support: 27 × 41.7 cm (10 11/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 51.8 × 67.6 cm (20 7/16 × 26 5/8 in.)

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Thirteenth Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone on cream wove paper

Image: 31.4 × 40.3 cm (12 3/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 47 × 60.6 cm (18 9/16 × 23 7/8 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 26 × 41.2 cm (10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Stone: 31.8 × 45.4 cm (12 9/16 × 17 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 73 cm (22 × 28 3/4 in.)

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Thirteenth Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 31.4 × 40.4 cm (12 3/8 × 15 15/16 in.); Stone: 34.5 × 44.5 cm (13 5/8 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 76.3 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/16 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on black wove paper

Image: 26 × 41.2 cm (10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Primary support: 27.5 × 42.8 cm (10 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 46.9 × 61.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 1/4 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in white on black Japanese paper, chine colle on white wove paper

Image: 26 × 41.2 cm (10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Primary support: 27.5 × 43.2 cm (10 7/8 × 17 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.4 × 71.5 cm (19 7/8 × 28 3/16 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on white Japanese paper, laid down on black wove paper

Image: 24.5 × 41.2 cm (9 11/16 × 16 1/4 in.); Primary support: 31.4 × 48.1 cm (12 3/8 × 18 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 47.8 × 67.2 cm (18 7/8 × 26 1/2 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in white ink on black wove paper

Image: 26 × 41.2 cm (10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Sheet: 42 × 48.5 cm (16 9/16 × 19 1/8 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone in gray ink on black Japanese paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 26 × 41.2 cm (10 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.); Primary support: 28 × 43 cm (11 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 57.4 × 78 cm (22 5/8 × 30 3/4 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory laid paper

Image: 26 × 41.1 cm (10 1/4 × 16 3/16 in.); Stone: 31.7 × 44.9 cm (12 1/2 × 17 11/16 in.); Sheet: 56.8 × 73 cm (22 3/8 × 28 3/4 in.)

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Eleventh Stone

1966 · Lithograph from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 25.9 × 41 cm (10 1/4 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 62.2 cm (19 5/8 × 24 1/2 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 35.3 × 27.3 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 64.3 × 51.6 cm (25 3/8 × 20 3/8 in.)

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Eighth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on white wove paper

Image: 35.7 × 27.4 cm (14 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Sheet: 63 × 50.8 cm (24 13/16 × 20 in.)

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Study for Seventh Stone

1965 · Graphite, with charcoal and touches of red colored pencil, on tan wove paper

50.3 × 63.4 cm (19 13/16 × 25 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory wove paper

Image: 35.4 × 27.5 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 63.4 × 50.4 cm (25 × 19 7/8 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on white Japanese paper

Image: 35.4 × 27 cm (13 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 54.8 × 39.1 cm (21 5/8 × 15 7/16 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory laid paper

Image: 35.6 × 27.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 60.9 × 46.7 cm (24 × 18 7/16 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 35.3 × 27 cm (13 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 54.3 × 37.1 cm (21 7/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 35.3 × 27.2 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 63.3 × 50 cm (24 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory wove paper

Image: 35.4 × 27.2 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 38 cm (20 13/16 × 15 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on white Japanese paper

Image: 35.2 × 27.1 cm (13 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 63.5 × 46.9 cm (25 × 18 1/2 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on off-white Japanese paper

Image: 35.3 × 27.2 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 61.2 × 45.6 cm (24 1/8 × 18 in.)

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Seventh Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory wove paper

Image: 35.5 × 27.1 cm (14 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 57.3 × 44.9 cm (22 9/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

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Ninth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 51 × 71.3 cm (20 1/8 × 28 1/8 in.)

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Ninth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on white wove paper

Image: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 50.2 × 62.8 cm (19 13/16 × 24 3/4 in.)

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Ninth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 33 × 51 cm (13 × 20 1/8 in.)

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Eighth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 35.8 × 27.5 cm (14 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 52.5 × 37.6 cm (20 11/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

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Eighth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on ivory wove paper

Image: 35.8 × 27.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 33.2 cm (20 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.)

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Eighth Stone (recto); Ninth Stone (verso)

1965 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

Image, recto: 35.7 × 27.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Image, verso: 27.8 × 34.9 cm (11 × 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 71.4 × 51.3 cm (28 1/8 × 20 1/4 in.)

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Eighth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on white wove paper

Image: 35.8 × 27.5 cm (14 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 63.2 × 51 cm (24 15/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

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Eighth Stone

1965 · Lithograph from one stone on cream wove paper

Image: 35.8 × 27.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 38.1 cm (20 13/16 × 15 in.)

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Sixth Stone III

1964 · Lithograph from five stones in black, ocher, and red ink on muslin

Image/plate: 91.7 × 70 cm (36 1/8 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 111.4 × 91.5 cm (43 7/8 × 36 1/16 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph from two stones in yellow and black ink on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 93 × 70 cm (36 5/8 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 105.2 × 75.6 cm (41 7/16 × 29 13/16 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph from one stone in yellow ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 93.5 × 67 cm (36 13/16 × 26 7/16 in.); Sheet: 107.1 × 76 cm (42 3/16 × 29 15/16 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph from two stones in yellow and black ink, with yellow and ocher pastel, on ivory wove paper

Image: 92.9 × 68.4 cm (36 5/8 × 26 15/16 in.); Sheet: 107.4 × 75.8 cm (42 5/16 × 29 7/8 in.)

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Sixth Stone I

1964 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 91.3 × 68.6 cm (36 × 27 1/16 in.); Sheet: 107.3 × 75.8 cm (42 1/4 × 29 7/8 in.)

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Sixth Stone I (recto); Fifth Stone (verso)

1964 · Lithograph (recto) and lithograph in yellow (verso) on ivory wove paper

Image, recto: 71 × 56.4 cm (28 × 22 1/4 in.); Image, verso: 78 × 57 cm (30 3/4 × 22 1/2 in.); Sheet: 108.2 × 75.6 cm (42 5/8 × 29 13/16 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 93.5 × 66 cm (36 13/16 × 26 in.); Sheet: 104.8 × 74.9 cm (41 5/16 × 29 1/2 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 94.5 × 66 cm (37 1/4 × 26 in.); Sheet: 107.2 × 76 cm (42 1/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph in yellow (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

Image, recto: 93.2 × 67 cm (36 3/4 × 26 7/16 in.); Image, verso: 93.1 × 65.5 cm (36 11/16 × 25 13/16 in.); Sheet: 107.4 × 75.8 cm (42 5/16 × 29 7/8 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 92.5 × 67 cm (36 7/16 × 26 7/16 in.); Sheet: 107.4 × 76 cm (42 5/16 × 29 15/16 in.)

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Sixth Stone I

1964 · Lithograph from four stones in black, brown, ocher, and red ink on cream Japanese paper

117.5 × 93 cm (46 5/16 × 36 5/8 in.)

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Fifth Stone

1964 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 92.3 × 69.4 cm (36 3/8 × 27 3/8 in.); Sheet: 108 × 75.6 cm (42 9/16 × 29 13/16 in.)

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Sixth Stone II

1964 · Lithograph from five stones in black, brown, ocher, white, and red ink on tan wove paper

Image: 92 × 70 cm (36 1/4 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 120.8 × 82.5 cm (47 9/16 × 32 1/2 in.)

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Untitled

1963 · Soot and graphite on muslin

91.4 × 91.4 cm (36 × 36 in.)

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Third Stone

1963 · Lithograph from one stone in black ink on ivory laid paper

Image: 42.9 × 34.4 cm (16 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Sheet: 65.2 × 50.5 cm (25 11/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Fourth Stone

1963 · Lithograph from two stones in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 95.5 × 71.3 cm (37 5/8 × 28 1/8 in.); Sheet: 105 × 75 cm (41 3/8 × 29 9/16 in.)

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