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GiveAsterisk Branch, from Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations
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Photo Credit:
Laura Shea; Reproduced with permission of the artist
Not On View
Bochner, Mel
American (1940-2025)
Place made:
North America; United States
Asterisk Branch, from Counting Alternatives: The Wittgenstein Illustrations, 1991; based on drawing from 1971
Planographic print on T.H. Saunders English mould-made paper
Mat: 28 in x 22 in; 71.1 cm x 55.9 cm; Sheet/Image: 20 in x 15 in; 50.8 cm x 38.1 cm
Purchase with the Nancy Eisner Zankel (Class of 1956) Art Acquisition Fund
MH 2015.3.1.10
Events And Links
July 21, 2015 to December 20, 2015
Mel Bochner
Illustrating Philosophy
How can a work of art illustrate an abstract philosophical idea?
In 1971, artist Mel Bochner began a series of drawings inspired by the writings of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Twenty years later, he contributed a portfolio of prints based on those drawings to a new...
October 20, 2015 | Anne Greer and Fredric B. Garonzik Family Gallery
Investigating Fourth Range
Thoughts on Illustration as Philosophy
Gallery Talk
Thomas E. Wartenberg, Professor of Philosophy
November 30, 2015
Thinking Through Images
Video recording of artist Mel Bochner in conversation with Thomas E. Wartenberg, Professor of Philosophy
