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Rules of Inference
Rules of Inference
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Rules of Inference

Artist (American, 1940 -)
Date1974
Mediumaquatint on Chine appliqué
Dimensions56.5 x 78.9 cm (22 1/4 x 31 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineNational Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan
Object number1977.89
Label TextThis is one of three versions of Bochner's Rules of Inference. The first was a site-specific installation with pebbles connected by black chalk lines. The gouache drawing that followed was a sketchy linear diagram. In this version, Bochner eliminated the connecting lines and evidence of hand work. The result is a more detached, cryptic schema that challenges the viewer to discern the simple numerical relationship of the forms.ProvenanceParasol Press, Ltd. New York
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