
Collection Online as of November 29, 2023
(American, 1928–1994)
Etching
Gift of Barbara S. and Larry J. B. Robinson 1980.211
© Judd Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Schellmann & Jitta 102-117
not on view
In the 1970s, minimalist sculptors like Donald Judd eliminated narrative subject matter to create works that have no meaning outside of themselves. The content of a piece is found in its color, shape, texture, and the arrangement of the individual elements. Geometric, mathematical calculations were used to create impersonal works of machine-made, simple forms. This is an etching of Cleveland's stark sculpture that consists of a vertical arrangement of evenly spaced, identical green aluminum and clear plexiglas rectangular boxes, attached to the wall at right angles.