Nose/Silhouette: Green
2010
Nose/Silhouette: Green is a striking limited edition print by the legendary conceptual artist John Baldessari, though the example pictured presents the signature bold red colorway rather than green, numbered 94 out of a tight edition of 10 and signed by the artist. Baldessari was renowned for his playful interrogation of language, image, and representation, and this work exemplifies his reductive yet visually arresting approach to the silhouetted form. The flat graphic shape, rendered in a saturated single color against a stark white ground, carries the quiet wit and formal confidence that made Baldessari one of the most influential figures in postwar American art. For collectors, this signed numbered work represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a rare and highly sought example from one of the defining voices of conceptual and pop informed printmaking.
- Medium
- 2-color lithograph/screenprint
- Dimensions
- Edition
- 18 of 50
- Signed
- Yes
Notes
Part of a limited edition set. Certificate of Authenticity included, issued by gallery. Hand-signed, numbered, and dated in pencil by artist. Lower left pencil inscription reads 'R.T.R.' (possibly printer's proofing notation or recipient initials). Signature on artwork reads 'Baldessari 10' in pencil lower right. Framed in black frame with glazing. On verso or lower margin the edition number visible is 18/50.
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Ed Ruscha
American · b. 1937
Ruscha shares Baldessari's conceptual pop sensibility, using flat graphic forms, bold saturated color fields, and reductive imagery against clean white or neutral grounds. His silkscreen and print editions explore the tension between image and meaning with the same deadpan wit visible in this silhouette work.
Bruce Nauman
American · b. 1941
Nauman frequently isolates body parts such as noses, hands, and faces as graphic flat forms in prints and neon works, interrogating representation through radical reduction just as Baldessari does in this silhouette series. Both artists strip the figure down to a single bold recognizable fragment rendered in saturated color against a stark ground.
Christopher Wool
American · b. 1955
Wool produces bold limited edition prints that deploy flat graphic shapes and silhouetted motifs in high contrast color against white backgrounds, closely mirroring the reductive abstract figurative quality of this Baldessari piece. His collector oriented print editions share the same combination of conceptual restraint and visually arresting graphic punch.
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