Untitled, 1968 | Judd Foundation

In a 1971 interview, Donald Judd said that the height of this piece (eight inches) “is very important,” continuing to say that “I thought if it was too flat, it would just lie down on the floor, which is the same objection I have to painting.”¹ He also noted that “the pierced metal has to do with opening up the surface like the plexiglass [acrylic sheets]. Obviously, by piercing it one can see into it. The wedge relates to a parallelogram, but it’s made to be a very low piece.”²

Besides this work, Judd made only a handful of pieces in perforated cold-rolled steel, including works with the same wedge shape and dimensions.

¹“Don Judd: An Interview with John Coplans,” in John Coplans, Don Judd, exh. cat. (Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1971), 44.

²Ibid.

Selected Bibliography

Smith, Brydon, ed. Donald Judd: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Objects, and Wood-Blocks 1960–1974. Exh. cat. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1975, 171 (DSS cat. no. 131).

Judd, Donald. “A Portrait of the Artist as His Own Man: Sculptor Donald Judd Traces the Reasons He Settled in Marfa, Texas.” House & Garden, April 1985, 154 (ill.), 155 (ill.).

Donald Judd:Räume / Spaces. Ostfildern: Cantz, 1993, 45 (ill.).

Smith, Roberta. “A World According to Judd.” The New York Times, February 26, 1995, H1 (ill.).

Meyer, James, ed. Minimalism. London: Phaidon, 2000, 88.

1 “Don Judd: An Interview with John Coplans,” in John Coplans, Don Judd, exh. cat. (Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1971), 44.

2 Ibid.

Selected Bibliography

¹“Don Judd: An Interview with John Coplans,” in John Coplans, Don Judd, exh. cat. (Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1971), 44.

²Ibid.