Untitled

Artist: Donald Judd, American, 1928–1994
Fabricator: Bernstein Brothers, New York, New York
Date: 1969
Material: Anodized aluminum and Plexiglas
made in: United States, North and Central America
Classification: Sculpture
Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 244
Dimensions: each unit: 47 1/2 × 59 7/8 × 59 7/8 in. (120.7 × 152.1 × 152.1 cm)
installed: 47 1/2 in. × 59 7/8 in. × 23 ft. 2 1/2 in. (120.7 × 152.1 × 707.4 cm)
weight (each, approx.): 755 lb. (342.5 kg)
Credit Line: Funds given by the Shoenberg Foundation, Inc.
Rights: Donald Judd Art © Judd Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Object Number: 1:1970a-d

NOTES

This sculpture consists of four aluminum boxes lined with blue Plexiglas and spaced at equal intervals. Donald Judd used repeated forms to reduce emphasis on any one aspect of the composition. Made by fabricators using industrial processes and materials, his works do not bear the trace of his hand. Judd insisted that freestanding objects like these be placed on the floor, rather than on a gallery platform, to create a direct relationship with the surrounding space. Judd first used blue Plexiglas in 1967 and was drawn to the way in which color was embedded within the hard and translucent material.

Provenance

1970 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, commissioned from the artist, through Leo Castelli Gallery, Inc.

Notes:
Letter from Leo Castelli dated June 11, 1969 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, May 25, 1970.

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