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BigAmericans

Published 2013

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Jasper Johns, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L.

Light bulb; from Lead relief series
1969

Robert Rauschenberg, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L., Vera Freeman, Marius Peraudeau, Kenneth Tyler, Richard Ewen, Marie Porter, Gary Reams, Jeffrey Wasserman, Marius Peraudeau

Link; from Pages and fuses
1974

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji II woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji VI woodblocks
1995

Frank Stella

The Fountain
1992

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji VI
1998

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Robert Rauschenberg, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L., Kenneth Tyler, Kenneth Tyler, Kenneth Tyler

Booster; from Booster and 7 studies
1967

Jasper Johns, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L.

The critic smiles; from Lead relief series
1969

Jasper Johns, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L.

High school days; from Lead relief series
1969

Jasper Johns, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L.

Bread; from Lead relief series
1969

Jasper Johns, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L.

Light bulb; from Lead relief series
1969

Robert Rauschenberg, Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L., Vera Freeman, Marius Peraudeau, Kenneth Tyler, Richard Ewen, Marie Porter, Gary Reams, Jeffrey Wasserman, Marius Peraudeau

Link; from Pages and fuses
1974

Helen Frankenthaler

Other generations
1957

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji V woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji IV woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji II
1998

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji VI woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji I woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji III woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji II woodblocks
1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji IV
1998

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji V
1998

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji VI
1998

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji I
1998

Helen Frankenthaler

Tales of Genji III
1998

Roy Lichtenstein

Study for Bull Head I
1972

Roy Lichtenstein

Bull head series
1973

Roy Lichtenstein

Bull profile series
1973-74

Frank Stella

Juam, printing matrix
1997

Frank Stella

Juam
1997

Frank Stella

The Fountain
1992

Frank Stella

The Fountain
1992

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