Donald Baechler

Untitled

Maker

Donald Baechler (American, b. 1956)
Donna Schulman, printer
Downstairs Edition, printer
Mark Baron, publisher

Title

Untitled
From the portfolio *Increments*

Year

1987

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 75.9 x 60 cm (29 7/8 x 23 5/8 inches)

Identification

State

AP 3/3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté

Object Number

2011.98.1.4

Type

Exhibition History

Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection
Jul 31, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016

Label copy

In its roughly drawn lines and imperfect anatomy, this figure deliberately references childhood drawings-namely the artist’s own youthful practice of doodling on scrap paper. Layered with dripping aquatint, randomly placed musical notes, and a precisely gridded corner design, the image recalls the process of memory itself. The final accumulation creates what Baechler has termed an illusion of history.

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Tombstone

Donald Baechler (American, b. 1956)
Donna Schulman, printer
Downstairs Edition, printer
Mark Baron, publisher
Untitled; From the portfolio *Increments*, 1987
Aquatint with spit bite, lift-ground and soft ground on Fabriano Tiepolo paper
Plate: 75.9 x 60 cm (29 7/8 x 23 5/8 inches)
Gift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté 2011.98.1.4

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