The Missing Square

started 1988, published 1989

Daniel Buren

Artist, French, born 1938

Claudio Stickar

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Mark Mahaffey

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in red on four sheets of Arches Cover wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    overall: 245.11 × 245.11 cm (96 1/2 × 96 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.54.16.a-d

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1415.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 8.3. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

UPPER LEFT PANEL. lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DB88-1181 / F-1-a / Upper / Left
UPPER RIGHT PANEL. lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DB88-1181 / F-1-b / Upper / Right
LOWER RIGHT PANEL. lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DB88-1181 / F-1-c / Lower / Right
LOWER LEFT PANEL. lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DB88-1181 / F-1-d / Lower Left

Markings

UPPER LEFT PANEL. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
UPPER RIGHT PANEL. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
LOWER RIGHT PANEL. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
LOWER LEFT PANEL. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q75123581

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