Artworks · Mel Bochner

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

1970 · Photo offset print on white, lined notecard

12.7 × 20.4 cm (5 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

1970 · Photo offset print on white, lined notecard

12.7 × 20.4 cm (5 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

1970 · Portfolio of nine photo offset prints on white, lined notecard; one manilla envelope with offset print on recto; one photo offset print on white wove paper

12.7 × 20.4 cm (5 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography) from Artists & Photographs

1970 · Offset envelope, containing ten offset cards, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

card (each): 5 x 8" (12.7 x 20.3 cm); envelope: 6 x 9" (15.2 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Art & Project Bulletin #27

1970 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography) from Artists & Photographs

1970 · Offset envelope, containing ten offset cards, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

card (each): 5 x 8" (12.7 x 20.3 cm); envelope: 6 x 9" (15.2 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Milan Number Block

1970 · Transfer type on paper

17 3/4 x 15" (45.1 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography) from Artists & Photographs

1970 · Offset envelope, containing ten offset cards, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

card (each): 5 x 8" (12.7 x 20.3 cm); envelope: 6 x 9" (15.2 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography)

1970 · 10 offset lithographs and envelope

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1970 · offset lithograph

Sheet: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Language is not transparent

1969 · Ink on paper

support: 247 x 179 mm framed: 446 x 324 mm

Tate

8" Measurement

1969 · Black fiber-tipped pen on white wove graph paper

27.9 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Measurement: Wall

1969 · Vinyl on wall

Dimensions vary with installation, wall at least: H.: 365.8 cm (144 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Language Is Not Transparent

1969 · Stamped ink on graph paper

Museum of Modern Art

Measurement Room

1969 · Tape and Letraset

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Theory of Painting

1969 · Spray paint on newspaper and Letraset

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Counting (Rocks)

1969 · Felt-tip pen on paper

7 1/4 x 6 3/4" (18.3 x 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Counting (#2) (Rocks)

1969 · Felt-tip pen on paper

7 1/4 x 6 3/4" (18.3 x 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alfaville, Godard's Apocalypse

1968 · Four digitally printed pages on white wove paper

30.2 × 22.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Proposal for a Wall Piece; Grids

1968 · Graphite and pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper

45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Surface Dis/Tension: Offset (RB)

1968 · Offset lithograph

composition (irreg.): 18 1/16 x 17 5/16" (45.8 x 44 cm); sheet: 18 1/2 x 17 13/16" (47 x 45.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Measurement

1968 · Felt-tip pen on paper with folds

11 × 11" (27.9 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Imagine the Enclosed Area Blue (Study for Installation, Yale, Norfolk)

1968 · Blue carpenter's chalk and ink on graph paper

16 x 22" (40.6 x 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proposal for Wall Piece: Shift

1968 · Linen tape, oil, and pencil on paper

18 x 24" (45.7 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Beach Boys–100%

1967 · Digital print on white wove paper

36 × 21.6 cm (14 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sixteen Isomorphs (Negative)

1967 · Gelatin silver prints mounted on board

49.5 × 49.5 cm (19 5/8 × 19 9/16 in.); Installed: 226.1 × 355.6 cm (89 1/16 × 140 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for Isomorphic Circles)

1967 · Graphite on drafting vellum

21.6 × 28 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

8 Square Inches, 4 Measurements

1967 · Felt-tip pen and ink on graph paper

14 × 16 7/8" (35.6 × 42.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Projected Plan for 42 Photographs Tri-Axial Rotation of a Cube

1966 · Black, red, yellow, and green felt-tip pen over graphite on printed, cream wove graph paper

44.1 × 56.2 cm (17 3/8 × 22 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for Cantor's Paradox)

1966 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

18 × 14 cm (7 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Sculpture (5-Part Progression)

1966 · Black fiber-tipped pen on blue-lined graph paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for 8-Part Progression)

1966 · Pen and black ink on blue-lined graph paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for 3 x 3)

1966 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

20.9 × 13.9 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for Fence Piece)

1966 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

20.8 × 13.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Solid with 5 Volumes Subtracted

1966 · Pen and black ink on blue-lined graph paper

21.6 × 27.9 cm (8 9/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for 3 x 3)

1966 · Black fiber-tipped pen and graphite on blue-lined graph paper

21.6 × 27.9 cm (8 9/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Domain of the Great Bear

1966 · Eight digitally printed pages on white wove paper

31 × 22.7 cm (12 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled ("Child's Play!": Study for 7-Part Progression)

1966 · Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper

14 × 17.9 cm (5 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Sculpture (5-Part Progression)

1966 · Black fiber-tipped pen and graphite on blue-lined graph paper

28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Double Solid Based on Cantor's Paradox

1966 · Black fiber-tipped pen and graphite on blue-lined graph paper

21.6 × 27.8 cm (8 9/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for 3-Way Fibonacci Progression)

1966 · Pen and black ink on blue-lined graph paper

28 × 21.6 cm (11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Study for a 9-Part Progression)

1966 · Black fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove graph paper

21.5 × 27.8 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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1966 · Black fiber-tipped pen on white wove isometric graph paper

21.5 × 28 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Number Drawing with Swastika

1966 · Black and brown (faded to red) fiber-tipped pens on graph paper

40.6 × 52.7 cm (16 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Fence Piece)

1966 · Spray enamel on wood

44.8 × 29.2 × 4.1 cm (17 5/8 × 11 1/2 × 1 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (5-Part Progression)

1966 · Spray enamel on cardboard

15.3 × 22.9 × 7.6 cm (6 × 9 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (6-Part Vertical Progression)

1966 · Spray enamel on cardboard

34.9 × 10.8 × 11.4 cm (13 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Solid with 6 Volumes Subtracted)

1966 · Wood with illustration board

15.2 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm (6 × 6 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago