Lot 42
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DONALD JUDD | Untitled [Three Works]

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Donald Judd
  • Untitled [Three Works]
  • each stamped with the artist's name, date 1982 and number 81-101.38, 81-101.41 and 81-101.44 respectively on a plate affixed to the reverse of each panel
  • galvanized iron
  • Each: 39 1/4 by 39 1/4 in. 99.7 by 99.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1983, these works are from an edition of 3, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Jörg Schellmann, Ed., Edition Schellmann 1969-1989, New York 1989, p. 151, illustrated
Jörg Schellmann and Mariette Josephus Jitta, Eds., Donald Judd: Prints and Works in Editions 1951-1994, A Catalogue Raisonné, Munich 1996, p. 143, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Each of the elements is installed with a cleat on the reverse. There are variations to the texture and tonality of the iron and a few scattered unobtrusive surface scratches evident. Under close inspection, the left most panel bows very slightly. Under very close inspection there is evidence of a few scattered pinpoint areas of minor oxidation to the surface and a few very minor unobtrusive surface accretions.
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