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Donald Judd 1928–1994

Untitled (study for sculpture)

1969
ink on paper 21½ h × 28½ w in (55 × 72 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $32,500
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Dated to lower right corner '69'. This working drawing specifies the exact dimensions and materials used in the finalized sculpture, previously owned by the Netsches.
provenance: Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch, Chicago
literature: Living with Art, Two: The Collection of Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch, Miami University Art Museum, pg. 77 illustrates sculpture

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Donald Judd 1928–1994

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Donald Judd is one of the most important artists and art theorists of the twentieth century. While he is most well-known for his minimalist, monumental and site-specific sculptures of the 1970s and 1980s, he was also a painter, furniture designer and an influential critic, ultimately shaping the contemporary artistic discourse.

Judd was born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri and served in the Army from 1946 to 1947, until he attended the College of William and Mary to study philosophy. He transferred to Columbia University in 1948, graduating with a degree in philosophy and art history in 1953, while also taking painting classes at the Art Students League. From 1959 to 1965, Judd was an art critic for major art publications such as Art News, where he refined his unaffected, direct, articulate style that characterized both his writing and art, aligning himself with the radical shifts taking place in the art world at the time.

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