Two square prints show an abstract geometric sketch above and a handwritten poem titled Tenement below.

Prints

Tenement

1960

Medium
Drypoint and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 7/8 in. (50.5 × 42.9 cm) Plate (Image): 5 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (13.7 × 17.5 cm) Plate (Poem): 6 3/16 × 6 9/16 in. (15.7 × 16.7 cm)
Accession number
96.198.12
Acquired
1996
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee
Reproduction credit
© Angela Verren Taunt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Edition
39/50 | 12 APs
Publication
Printed by Andersen-Lamb Photogravure Corporation; published by Morris Gallery
Department
collection

About this work

Ben Nicholson, Tenement, 1960. Drypoint and etching, sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 7/8 in. (50.5 × 42.9 cm) Plate (Image): 5 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (13.7 × 17.5 cm) Plate (Poem): 6 3/16 × 6 9/16 in. (15.7 × 16.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 96.198.12. © Angela Verren Taunt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York