Vulgar
Artist
Mel Bochner
(American, 1940 - 2025)
CultureAmerican
Date2004
MediumOil and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.4
Not on view
DescriptionA yellow painted canvas with eleven words painted over top in a horizontal orientation. The words are painted in various colors, and each is separated by a comma. The text reads: "VULGAR, RUDE, COARSE, INDECENT, GROSS, ROWDY, RAUNCHY, CHEESY, TACKY, CRASS, CRAPPY, LEWD,".ProvenanceFrom Sonnabend Gallery, New York, to private collection, 2006. Purchased by Chrysler Museum of Art from Sotheby's, New York, March 10, 2020 (Contemporary Art Online, lot 461).
