Donald Judd - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Brooke Alexander, Inc. New York
    Private Collection, Rhineland
    Phillips London, Evening & Day Editions, 22 Jan 2015, lot 28
    Private Collection, London

  • Literature

    Jörg Schellmann 167-176

  • Artist Biography

    Donald Judd

    American • 1928 - 1994

    Donald Judd came to critical acclaim in the 1960s with his simple, yet revolutionary, three-dimensional floor and wall objects made from new industrial materials, such as anodized aluminum, plywood and Plexiglas, which had no precedent in the visual arts. His oeuvre is characterized by the central constitutive elements of color, material and space. Rejecting the illusionism of painting and seeking an aesthetic freed from metaphorical associations, Judd sought to explore the relationship between art object, viewer and surrounding space with his so-called "specific objects." From the outset of his three-decade-long career, Judd delegated the fabrication to specialized technicians. Though associated with the minimalist movement, Judd did not wish to confine his practice to this categorization.

     

    Inspired by architecture, the artist also designed and produced his own furniture, predominantly in wood, and eventually hired a diverse team of carpenters late in his career.

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Untitled

1988
The complete set of 10 woodcuts in ultramarine blue, on Okawara paper, the full sheets, with colophon, loose (as issued) contained in the original grey linen-covered portfolio.
all S. 59.9 x 79.8 cm (23 5/8 x 31 3/8 in.)
portfolio 85.3 x 66.6 x 1.7 cm (33 5/8 x 26 1/4 x 5/8 in.)

All signed and numbered 'PP 2/4' in pencil on the reverse (a printer's proof set, the edition was 25 and 10 artist's proofs), published by Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, all unframed.

Estimate
£150,000 - 200,000 

Sold for £175,000

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 24 January 2019