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Auction archive: Lot number 12

Donald Judd

Estimate
US$80,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
US$86,500
Auction archive: Lot number 12

Donald Judd

Estimate
US$80,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
US$86,500
Beschreibung:

Donald Judd Untitled (1968-76) 1968-1976 cadmium red paint on wood 20 7/8 x 17 x 2 in. (53 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm) Signed "Judd" on the reverse.
Provenance Susan Sheehan, New York Private collection, Europe Catalogue Essay Donald Judd advocated rigorous and deliberate creation without compositional hierarchy or medium classification. His works are neither paintings nor sculptures, and are instead meaningful structures stripped down to their bare essentials. Judd supported the use of industrial machinery to create his threedimensional works. His geometric forms were manufactured with exactitude, down to their basic construction. In the present lot, Untitled (1968-76), 1968-1976, the cadmium red provides an enriching aesthetic - an updated version of color-field painting. The bright crimson hue stands out in delectable contrast to the neutrality of the wood; the cheeriness of the cherry red against the preciseness of the structure presents viewers with a powerful visual tension. There are many examples of seriality and diagrammatic forms throughout Judd’s work. While wood is a seemingly basic material, he added grooves that progress and recess –a subtle incremental pattern that moves left to right and vice versa. The repetition of lines combined with the vivid coloration is electric and surprisingly meditative. In describing this series of work, Judd said, “None of the three-dimensional work is meant to look handmade, including the wooden ones which I made in as matter-of-fact a way as I could. Wood being what it is tends to look more manipulated than metal. I kept down the handicraft aspect. Other artists played it up… I like the color and I like the quality of cadmium red light. And then, also, I thought for a color it had the right value for a three-dimensional object. If you paint something black or any dark color, you can’t tell what its edges are like. If you paint it white, it seems small and purist. And the red, other than a gray of that value, seems to be the only color that really makes an object sharp and defines its contours and angles.” (Donald Judd from J. Coplans, “An Interview with Don Judd,” Donald Judd selected works 1960-1991, Japan, 1999, p. 157). Read More Artist Bio Donald Judd American • 1928 - 1994 Donald Judd was an American artist known for large-scale minimalistic sculptures, which he personally referred to as "specific objects." Though associated with Minimalism, Judd did not wish to be confined to this categorization and felt that his work was more complex. He utilized industrial materials and demonstrated the way in which they interacted with their surroundings, an effect he felt was more powerful than flat oil on canvas. Judd was more interested in the spacing of his pieces and the way viewers would interpret them than the importance of the pieces themselves. Inspired by architecture, the artist designed and produced his own furniture, predominantly in wood, and eventually hired a diverse team of carpenters late in his career. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
8 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Donald Judd Untitled (1968-76) 1968-1976 cadmium red paint on wood 20 7/8 x 17 x 2 in. (53 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm) Signed "Judd" on the reverse.
Provenance Susan Sheehan, New York Private collection, Europe Catalogue Essay Donald Judd advocated rigorous and deliberate creation without compositional hierarchy or medium classification. His works are neither paintings nor sculptures, and are instead meaningful structures stripped down to their bare essentials. Judd supported the use of industrial machinery to create his threedimensional works. His geometric forms were manufactured with exactitude, down to their basic construction. In the present lot, Untitled (1968-76), 1968-1976, the cadmium red provides an enriching aesthetic - an updated version of color-field painting. The bright crimson hue stands out in delectable contrast to the neutrality of the wood; the cheeriness of the cherry red against the preciseness of the structure presents viewers with a powerful visual tension. There are many examples of seriality and diagrammatic forms throughout Judd’s work. While wood is a seemingly basic material, he added grooves that progress and recess –a subtle incremental pattern that moves left to right and vice versa. The repetition of lines combined with the vivid coloration is electric and surprisingly meditative. In describing this series of work, Judd said, “None of the three-dimensional work is meant to look handmade, including the wooden ones which I made in as matter-of-fact a way as I could. Wood being what it is tends to look more manipulated than metal. I kept down the handicraft aspect. Other artists played it up… I like the color and I like the quality of cadmium red light. And then, also, I thought for a color it had the right value for a three-dimensional object. If you paint something black or any dark color, you can’t tell what its edges are like. If you paint it white, it seems small and purist. And the red, other than a gray of that value, seems to be the only color that really makes an object sharp and defines its contours and angles.” (Donald Judd from J. Coplans, “An Interview with Don Judd,” Donald Judd selected works 1960-1991, Japan, 1999, p. 157). Read More Artist Bio Donald Judd American • 1928 - 1994 Donald Judd was an American artist known for large-scale minimalistic sculptures, which he personally referred to as "specific objects." Though associated with Minimalism, Judd did not wish to be confined to this categorization and felt that his work was more complex. He utilized industrial materials and demonstrated the way in which they interacted with their surroundings, an effect he felt was more powerful than flat oil on canvas. Judd was more interested in the spacing of his pieces and the way viewers would interpret them than the importance of the pieces themselves. Inspired by architecture, the artist designed and produced his own furniture, predominantly in wood, and eventually hired a diverse team of carpenters late in his career. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
8 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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