Only Black and White

November 12, 2024 - January 3, 2025

John Chiara, Bruce Conner, Richard Diebenkorn, Leonardo Drew, Al Held, Mary Heilmann, Jacqueline Humphries, Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, Tom Marioni, David Nash, Ed Ruscha, Pat Steir, Wayne Thiebaud, Charline von Heyl, Mary Weatherford, William T. Wiley, Fred Wilson, and John Zurier.

Crown Point Press presents Only Black and White, a group exhibition that explores the intricacies of black and white prints. Featuring a diverse group of artists, the exhibition highlights the significance of line, tone, and expression in the absence of color, inviting a deep engagement with form and contrast. The works showcase the artists’ ability to balance simplicity and complexity using only the monochrome palette, revealing profound depth and subtle nuance.

Press Release

Bruce Conner, Dennis Hopper One-Man-Show, Vol. 1, Image VIII, 1971
One from an unbound set of 8 photoetchings.
12 x 9"; 18 x 15". 10.
Crown Point Press and Kathan Brown.
$7,500 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Jacqueline Humphries, :) :), 2016
Color soap ground and spit bite aquatints with aquatint .
20 x 20"; 20 x 20". 20.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Charline von Heyl, Snoopy (Black V), 2014
Soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
24 x 19"; 31 x 25". 20.
Crown Point Press and Fanny Retsek.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Mary Weatherford, The Robot, 2018
Spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé.
28 x 22"; 35¼ x 28½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$4,000    InquireInquire
Fred Wilson, We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars, 2004
Spit bite aquatint.
20 x 24"; 30½ x 34". 15.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Leonardo Drew, CPP9, 2015
Hard ground etching with aquatint.
14 x 21½"; 22½ x 28½" . 15.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$2,200    InquireInquire
John Zurier, Lighthouse/Mirror, 2016
Color soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
15 x 9½"; 22 x 15½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Al Held, Straits of Malacca II, 1989
Hard ground etching.
35¾ x 44¾"; 41¾ x 51½. 20.
Crown Point Press and Renée Bott.
$12,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
John Chiara, Mission at 1st (Variation), 2016
Photogravure on gampi paper chine collé.
39 x 27¾"; 47 x 34¾". 15.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Anish Kapoor, Magnetic Field, 1991
Drypoint.
45 x 36"; 47 x 38". 15.
Crown Point Press and Lawrence Hamlin.
$10,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
David Nash, Square Circle Triangle: black in light, 1997
Aquatint.
10¾ x 19"; 20 x 27". 20.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Sol LeWitt, Small Etchings/Black & White No. 3, 1999
Hard ground etching.
4 x 4"; 8 x 8". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$2,500 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Sol LeWitt, Small Etchings/Black & White No. 4, 1999
Hard ground etching.
4 x 4"; 8 x 8". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Sol LeWitt, Small Etchings/Black & White No. 5, 1999
Hard ground etching.
4 x 4"; 8 x 8". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Sol LeWitt, Location of a Parallelogram, 1974
One from a set of six hard ground etchings titled "The Location of Six Geometric Figures".
24 x 20"; 24 x 20". 25.
Parasol Press and Kathan Brown.
$2,800 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Sol LeWitt, Location of a Rectangle, 1974
One from a set of six hard ground etchings titled "The Location of Six Geometric Figures".
24 x 20"; 24 x 20". 25.
Parasol Press and Kathan Brown.
$2,800 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Brice Marden, Five Plates, 1973
Set of five etchings and aquatints.
27½ x 19½"; 41 x 30½". 50.
Parasol Press and $50,000 fair market value    InquireInquire
Richard Diebenkorn, Two Way, 1982
Soft ground etching with drypoint.
24 x 15"; 40 x 26½". 35.
Crown Point Press and Lilah Toland.
$7,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Apartment Hill, 1985
Drypoint printed on gampi paper chine collé.
24 x 18"; 31¼ x 23¾". 35.
Crown Point Press and Peter Pettengill.
$9,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Ed Ruscha, Rain Gain, 2014
Flat bite etching .
29½ x 25½"; 36½ x 31½". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$10,000    InquireInquire
Mary Heilmann, Rain Reverse, 2017
Color aquatint.
10 x 12" ; 16 x 17". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, War Horse, 1994
Direct gravure with soap ground aquatint printed in black and grey.
11½ x 17½"; 17¾ x 21½". 65.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Pat Steir, Lily, 1982
Drypoint.
12 x 29¾"; 20½ x 38". 25.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$2,500    InquireInquire
William T. Wiley, Show Me the Line Between (State I), 1983
Hard ground etching.
3 x 29"; 10½ x 39". 35.
Crown Point Press and Hidekatsu Takada.
$2,500 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available