Hard Edges for Hard Times: New Etchings by Tom Marioni

June 15 - September 1, 2023

Crown Point Press announces Hard Edges for Hard Times, an exhibition featuring five new etchings by Bay Area conceptual artist Tom Marioni. In reference to the new prints, Marioni wrote, “In the 1960s, there was a cultural revolution. Minimalism was the art of the time. It was based on hard-edge painting and sculpture. Today, in the 2020s, we are in another cultural revolution. Everyone is an artist, and hard edges are back.” Accompanying Marioni’s new prints is a selection of some of his earlier prints made at Crown Point.

Tom Marioni pioneered conceptual art on the West Coast and is an influential member of the movement worldwide. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1937, Marioni moved in 1959 to San Francisco where he still lives. Influenced by Joseph Beuys, John Cage, and Marcel Duchamp, Marioni was one of the first artists to identify performance as sculptural action, otherwise known as relational aesthetics or social art. In 1970 he founded the Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA), which is the artist’s largest, most ambitious social artwork and possibly the first alternative art space in the country.

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Miss Brown to You
Tom Marioni, Miss Brown to You, 2023
Color aquatint.
25¾ x 32½"; 36¾ x 42½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$4,500    InquireInquire
4 Squares a Day
Tom Marioni, 4 Squares a Day, 2023
Color aquatint printed in red and yellow.
22 x 22"; 28 x 28". 20.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Down to Earth
Tom Marioni, Down to Earth, 2023
Color spit bite aquatint.
20½ x 17"; 28 x 22½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$2,800    InquireInquire
Arm Band
Tom Marioni, Arm Band, 2023
Aquatint printed in yellow and red .
8 x 3¾"; 12¼ x 10½". 10.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Self Portrait
Tom Marioni, Self Portrait, 2023
Soft ground etching with aquatint printed in yellow and black .
8 x 3¾"; 12¼ x 10½". 10.
Crown Point Press and Courtney Sennish.
$1,500    InquireInquire
A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed
Tom Marioni, A Door Must Be Either Open or Closed, 2002
Drypoint with aquatint printed in yellow and black.
8 x 5¼"; 17 x 11½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$2,000    InquireInquire
American Eagle
Tom Marioni, American Eagle, 1994
Direct gravure printed in blue.
11¼ x 17½"; 17½ x 21½". 65.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Finger Line
Tom Marioni, Finger Line, 1991
Color soft ground and hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint and a drawing chine collé.
27 x 17"; 40¾ x 27¼". 10.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$3,500 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Beer with Musical Friends
Tom Marioni, Beer with Musical Friends, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
22 x 25"; 28½ x 31". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$4,500    InquireInquire
Three of a Kind
Tom Marioni, Three of a Kind, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching.
11 x 11"; 17½ x 17". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Hand of the Artist
Tom Marioni, Hand of the Artist, 1995
Photogravure printed in ochre with color aquatint, and fingerprints hand-applied by the artist.
10½ x 6¾"; 20 x 16". 45.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$800 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Manhattan
Tom Marioni, Manhattan, 1996
Color direct gravure with aquatint.
18 x 23"; 28¼ x 32½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$4,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
3rd Street
Tom Marioni, 3rd Street, 1995
Photogravure printed with color aquatint.
6 x 8½"; 20 x 16". 45.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$1,000    InquireInquire

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