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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
Large Mel Bochner BLAH BLAH BLAH (INVERSE) Silkscreen, 62"H
By Mel Bochner
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Mel Bochner (American, 1940-2025) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 12/30; 2022 Materials: silkscreen on Lanaquarelle paper with diamond dust Dimensions (...
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2010s Pop Art Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Kick Against the Pricks (Blah, Blah, Blah) Pop Silkscreen Hand 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 29/30 on the front by Mel Bochner Frame included: elegantly framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass is included Measurements: Framed: 12.5 inches x 30 inches x .5 inch Artwork: 10.5 inches x 28 inches Published by Two Palms Press Bibliography Catalogue Raisonné of Editioned Prints Krakow Witkin...
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2010s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Mel Bochner UNTITLED Screenprint
By Mel Bochner
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Mel Bochner (American, 1940-2025) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 15/100; 1990 Materials: screenprint on heavy wove paper Dimensions (H, W, D): 48"h, 48...
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20th Century Abstract Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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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 (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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1990s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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Four Color Quartets (Second 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 d...
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1990s Contemporary Mel Bochner Abstract Prints

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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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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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