Fourth Stone

Description

In this trial proof, Bontecou printed only one of the two stones she would layer in the final version of Fourth Stone. She used thin tracing paper, probably to allow her to make revisions and easily incorporate them into the final composition.

Fourth Stone

Lee Bontecou

1963

Accession Number

96850

Medium

Lithograph from one stone in black ink on tracing paper

Dimensions

Image: 91.8 × 72.5 cm (36 3/16 × 28 9/16 in.); Sheet: 106.8 × 76.8 cm (42 1/16 × 30 1/4 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund