Prints and Drawings Room
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- Donald Judd 1928–1994
- Medium
- Woodcut and oil paint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 305 × 340 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1997
- Reference
- P77901
Display caption
This woodcut is among Judd's earliest abstract prints, made just before he abandoned the use of curved lines in favour of straight horizontals and verticals. It belongs to a brief transitional phase in Judd's work between a more organic and figurative imagery and his mature rectilinear vocabulary. Judd deliberately allowed the grain of the woodblock and the cadmium red underpainting to show through the black ground, giving a sense of depth and texture to this print.
Gallery label, September 2004
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