The Fallen Easel

John Baldessari

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

John Baldessari (American, 1931–2020). The Fallen Easel, 1987. Lithograph and Silkscreen on ragcote paper and 5 pieces of photo-sensitized aluminum, Overall: 74 × 95 in. (188 × 241.3 cm) Top-metal: 17 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (43.5 × 10.5 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 26 3/8 in. (10.5 × 67 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 63 1/8 in. (10.5 × 160.4 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 39 5/8 in. (10.5 × 100.7 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 28 7/8 in. (10.5 × 73.4 cm) Left board: 14 5/8 × 67 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (37.1 × 171.5 cm) Gun panel (p. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1989.42a-i. © artist or artist's estate. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Publisher

Cirrus

Title

The Fallen Easel

Date

1987

Medium

Lithograph and Silkscreen on ragcote paper and 5 pieces of photo-sensitized aluminum

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Overall: 74 × 95 in. (188 × 241.3 cm) Top-metal: 17 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (43.5 × 10.5 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 26 3/8 in. (10.5 × 67 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 63 1/8 in. (10.5 × 160.4 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 39 5/8 in. (10.5 × 100.7 cm) Top-metal: 4 1/8 × 28 7/8 in. (10.5 × 73.4 cm) Left board: 14 5/8 × 67 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (37.1 × 171.5 cm) Gun panel (p

Signatures

in pencil lower right "2/35" lower left in pencil "Baldessari 88"

Inscriptions

Verso each piece stamped lower right "Cirrus Editions Ltd., Multiples Inc. c 1988"

Credit Line

Gift of IBM Gallery of Science and Art

Accession Number

1989.42a-i

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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