Han Shan exit 4
1992-1993
plate 4 from the Han Shan exit 1-6 series 1992–93
Medium
etching and sugarlift aquatint
Measurements
18.9 × 13.9 cm (plate) 38.5 × 28.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1994
© Brice Marden/ARS, New York. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In the mid 1980s the art of American Minimalist painter Brice Marden underwent a significant transformation. His newfound interest in Chinese calligraphy and poetry led him to introduce a strong linear element into his abstract paintings, drawings and prints. Marden titled this suite of etchings after the eighth-century Chinese poet Han Shan (also known as Cold Mountain), whose poetry reflected a lifelong pursuit of the Tao – the state of intuitive understanding in which the unity of ‘I’ and ‘other’ are vividly experienced. Marden’s desire to act simply as a receiver and transmitter of the energy of nature can be seen as an aspiration to a Taoist attitude.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
New York, New York, United States
Edition
ed. 29/45
Printing/Publishing
printed by Branstead Studio, New York; published by the artist
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 29.45
inscribed in pencil l.r.: B Marden 93
Accession Number
P94.4-1994
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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