Art © Donald Judd Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2025, Sweden/VAGA, New York
Untitled
by Donald Judd
Artist
Donald Judd
(USA, 1928 - 1994)
Alternate Title
- Utan titel
Date1987
MediumEloxated aluminium, Perspex (polymethyl methacrylate) (PMMA))
Dimensions25 x 50 x 25 cm för varje del
ClassificationSculptures
Credit LineDonation 1988 från Pontus Bonnier
Countries
Object NumberMOMSK 136
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork"Half or more of the best works that have been produced in the last few years are neither paintings nor sculptures."
That is what Donald Judd wrote in 1965, and as examples he mentions Frank Stella's paintings which take their outer form from their subject, Claes Oldenburg's gigantic everyday objects and Robert Rauschenberg's Monogram, which he calls "the goat with a tire round its belly".
What Judd means, though he doesn't say it directly, is that his own work should also be included in this third category which he calls "significant objects".
What, then, does the figure seven in his Untitled, dated 1956 tell us? And what direct influence does galvanised iron have on the soul?
By using industrial material, which is not charged with values, expectations and concepts in the same way as marble, bronze or oil paint on canvas are, Judd and the Minimalists want us to see the forms without switching on our cultivated habit of seeing "fine art".
These works are not in any direct way reniniscent of the human body. Nor do they bear traces of the artist's hand, or of any specific artistic creative method of any kind. By repeating in series instead of combining in compositions, Judd avoids a situation in which he says something, and we listen.
Instead the works are here, here and now, and speak for themselves, or are - in their own existence - sufficient unto themselves.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad, MOMSK 136:1 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21A ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:2 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21B ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:3 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21C ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:4 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21D ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:5 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21E ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN" Selected exhibition history Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
That is what Donald Judd wrote in 1965, and as examples he mentions Frank Stella's paintings which take their outer form from their subject, Claes Oldenburg's gigantic everyday objects and Robert Rauschenberg's Monogram, which he calls "the goat with a tire round its belly".
What Judd means, though he doesn't say it directly, is that his own work should also be included in this third category which he calls "significant objects".
What, then, does the figure seven in his Untitled, dated 1956 tell us? And what direct influence does galvanised iron have on the soul?
By using industrial material, which is not charged with values, expectations and concepts in the same way as marble, bronze or oil paint on canvas are, Judd and the Minimalists want us to see the forms without switching on our cultivated habit of seeing "fine art".
These works are not in any direct way reniniscent of the human body. Nor do they bear traces of the artist's hand, or of any specific artistic creative method of any kind. By repeating in series instead of combining in compositions, Judd avoids a situation in which he says something, and we listen.
Instead the works are here, here and now, and speak for themselves, or are - in their own existence - sufficient unto themselves.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad, MOMSK 136:1 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21A ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:2 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21B ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:3 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21C ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:4 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21D ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN". MOMSK 136:5 stansad i övre kanten på baksidan: "DONALD JUDD 87-21E ALUMINIUM AG MENZIKEN" Selected exhibition history Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm