Donald Judd

Commissioned from the artist by the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne

Barbara Haskell, Donald Judd, New York, 1988, p. 131
Kunst + Design Donald Judd, exh. cat., Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden,
Germany, 1993, p. 64
Donald Judd Furniture Retrospective, exh. cat., Museum Boymans-van
Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 27 (for a similar model designed for
Donald Judd's daughter)
Barbara Bloemink, Design Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to
Rachel Whitebread, London, 2004, pp. 32-33 and 150

Overall in very good original condition. This piece was executed for the Kölnischer Kunstverein and used in the entrance area. The table with minor surface scratches, a few scattered edge nicks and some light rubbing, consistent with gentle use. With some minor discoloration to the lower portion of the foot, which is consistent with age and use. There is no hardware required to install this piece, and each of the elements are either slotted, pegged or with biscuits. This table is executed in birch, which when viewed in person displays nice coloration throughout. A rare commission work executed during Judd's lifetime to appear on the auction market.
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