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Artists›James Brown

James Brown

1951–2020

WA-00003997

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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WikidataQ980087

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NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge+1· 85%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
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Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
BiographyUnknown· 20%

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Paula-Cooper
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (69)

Beaver (plate, folio 71 verso) from A Bestiary

1990 · Linoleum cut from an illustrated book with twenty-nine linoleum cuts (two with pochoir and two with letterpress) and seven woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 × 5 1/16" (12.8 × 12.8 cm); page: 14 13/16 × 10 13/16" (37.6 × 27.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Opossum (plate, folio 37 verso) from A Bestiary

1990 · Linoleum cut from an illustrated book with twenty-nine linoleum cuts (two with pochoir and two with letterpress) and seven woodcuts

composition: 5 1/16 × 5 1/16" (12.8 × 12.8 cm); page: 14 13/16 × 10 13/16" (37.6 × 27.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 15) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint with collage additions from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 21 5/16 × 17 1/8" (54.2 × 43.5 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 19) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 22 × 18 1/8" (55.9 × 46 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 10 verso and 11) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint and lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 22 3/16 × 35 7/16" (56.4 × 90 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 14 verso) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 22 1/8 × 18 1/4" (56.2 × 46.4 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Salt Notes

1989 · Illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm); overall (closed): 22 3/4 × 19 × 13/16" (57.8 × 48.2 × 2.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 7) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint and lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 22 1/8 × 18 1/2" (56.2 × 47 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Slipcase front from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 2 1/16 × 1 1/2" (5.2 × 3.8 cm); overall (closed): 22 3/4 × 19 × 13/16" (57.8 × 48.2 × 2.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 17) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 22 1/16 × 18 1/4" (56.1 × 46.3 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Front cover from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 22 5/8 × 17 1/16" (57.5 × 43.3 cm); overall (closed): 22 3/4 × 19 × 13/16" (57.8 × 48.2 × 2.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 11 3/16 × 10 5/16" (28.4 × 26.2 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 18) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 22 1/16 × 17 15/16" (56 × 45.5 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 20) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 22 1/16 × 9 1/8" (56 × 23.2 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 21) from Salt Notes

1989 · Oil drawing from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2" (36.8 × 26.7 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Back cover from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 22 5/8 × 17" (57.5 × 43.2 cm); overall (closed): 22 3/4 × 19 × 13/16" (57.8 × 48.2 × 2.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 20 3/8 × 16" (51.8 × 40.7 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8 verso) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 19 11/16 × 9 15/16" (50 × 25.2 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 9) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 20 1/2 × 16 1/8" (52 × 41 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 21 1/16 × 15 15/16" (53.5 × 40.5 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 11 verso and 12) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition (irreg.): 22 1/16 × 35 1/2" (56 × 90.2 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 14) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint with collage additions from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 21 5/16 × 17 3/16" (54.2 × 43.7 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 13) from Salt Notes

1989 · Aquatint with collage additions from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

plate: 20 13/16 × 15 3/4" (52.9 × 40 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 6) from Salt Notes

1989 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen aquatints (four with collage additions and two with lithography), ten lithographs, and two oil drawings

composition: 20 1/4 × 15 7/8" (51.5 × 40.3 cm); page (each): 22 1/8 × 18 7/16" (56.2 × 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Beaux-Arts de Paris

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Immaculate Heart College

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