Donald Judd

Private Collection, London (acquired directly from the artist)
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 2002)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals scattered light and unobtrusive scuffs and scratches to various places primarily along the sides, as is to be expected due to the nature of the materials and the work's execution. There is a small and thin horizontal ding to the lateral edge of the top element. Natural wear due to age and handling can be seen along the top edge of the bottom element, where it joins with the vertical sides, at intervals throughout.
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"There is no form that can be form without meaning, quality and feeling. We even have a feeling about a rock, about anything. It's a contradiction to make a form that is meaningless. It's also impossible to express a feeling without a form. It couldn't be said or seen. Embodiment is the central effort in art, the way it gets made, very much something out of nothing. Everything happens together and exists together and does not divide because of a meaningless dichotomy." 

Donald Judd, "Art and Architecture" from a Lecture at Yale University, 20 September 1983, in Judd, Complete Writings, 1987, p. 31