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Donald Judd — “The rectangular plane is given a life span…the sense of singleness also has a duration, but it is only beginning...”
Donald Judd

“The rectangular plane is given a life span…the sense of singleness also has a duration, but it is only beginning...”

Six identical rectangular units of anodized aluminum, each inset with a vivid green Plexiglas panel, are mounted in a vertical stack along the wall at evenly spaced intervals. The cool industrial precision of the metal contrasts with the luminous transparency of the green acrylic, which shifts in appearance as light plays across its surface. Together, the repeated forms establish a rhythmic progression that feels both finite in its fixed arrangement and open-ended in its perceptual possibilities.

Medium
anodized aluminum, green Plexiglas, in 6 parts

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Contemporary Art Evening Sale

May 15, 2014

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Donald Judd, “The rectangular plane is given a life span…the sense of singleness also has a duration, but it is only beginning...”

Six identical rectangular units of anodized aluminum, each inset with a vivid green Plexiglas panel, are mounted in a vertical stack along the wall at evenly spaced intervals. The cool industrial precision of the metal contrasts with the luminous transparency of the green acrylic, which shifts in appearance as light plays across its surface. Together, the repeated forms establish a rhythmic progression that feels both finite in its fixed arrangement and open-ended in its perceptual possibilities.

Medium
anodized aluminum, green Plexiglas, in 6 parts
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Geometric Forms, Male Artist, Cool Tones, Sculpture, Industrial Materials, American Artist, Modular Series, Abstract, Minimalism, Influential Artist

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Marcel Slater