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Carl Andre Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010 Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street Beacon New York May 5, 201 4-March 2, 201 5 www.diaart.org

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Carl Andre Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010

Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street Beacon New York May 5, 201 4-March 2, 201 5 www.diaart.org

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Car

l A

nd

re

Scu

lptu

re

as P

lace

, 19

58-2

01

0

Gat

here

d in

thi

s re

tros

pect

ive

are

fifty

yea

rs o

f ar

tistic

out

put

that

tra

ce t

he e

volu

tion

and

adam

ant

com

mitm

ent

of o

ne o

f th

e m

ost

radi

cal

and

egal

itaria

n pr

opon

ents

of

art

in t

he t

wen

tieth

ce

ntur

y. C

arl A

ndre

red

efin

ed t

he p

aram

eter

s of

scu

lptu

re a

nd

poet

ry t

hrou

gh h

is u

se o

f un

alte

red

indu

stria

l m

ater

ials

and

an

irrev

eren

t ap

proa

ch t

o

lang

uage

. Alo

ng t

he w

ay h

e cr

eate

d ov

er tw

o th

ousa

nd s

culp

ture

s an

d an

equ

al n

umbe

r

of p

oem

s, p

lus

doze

ns o

f fu

rtiv

e ob

ject

s an

d hu

ndre

ds o

f po

stca

rds,

all

stam

ped

by

an u

ncom

prom

ised

affi

rmat

ion

of t

he h

isto

ry t

hat

accr

ues

and

bind

s bo

th m

ater

ials

and

wor

ds.

Car

l And

re: S

culp

ture

as

Pla

ce,

1958

-201

0 is

the

firs

t re

tros

pect

ive

to

cons

ider

the

ful

l sp

ectr

um o

f hi

s ar

t. O

rgan

ized

alo

ng a

loos

e ch

rono

logy

to

cons

truc

t

mod

es o

f lo

okin

g, t

he e

xhib

ition

unf

olds

ove

r si

x ga

llerie

s an

d is

gro

uped

int

o th

ree

part

s: s

culp

ture

, po

etry

, and

his

unc

lass

ifiab

le p

rodu

ctio

ns, f

rom

the

eni

gmat

ic a

ssem

­

blag

es k

now

n as

Dad

a F

orge

ries

to h

is w

ide-

rang

ing

ephe

mer

a. T

he r

elat

ion

to

the

notio

n of

the

"un

alte

red,

" w

heth

er m

anife

sted

in

his

use

of s

tand

ardi

zed

units

or b

asic

wor

ds, c

onst

itute

s th

e ba

sis

of A

ndre

's e

mph

asis

on

the

subs

tanc

e of

mat

ter

and

his

final

pro

noun

cem

ent

of "

scul

ptur

e as

pla

ce"

as t

he d

ecis

ive

cons

ider

atio

n of

the

med

ium

. And

re's

und

erst

andi

ng o

f su

ch d

istin

ctio

n op

ens

up a

n un

ambi

guou

s

and

affir

mat

ive

expe

rienc

e of

art

, one

tha

t re

stor

es v

alid

ity t

o th

e an

alyt

ical

im

puls

es

as m

uch

as to

the

sen

soria

l an

d pe

rmits

an

entr

y in

to a

"pl

ace"

of

liber

ties.

Upo

n ar

rivin

g in

New

Yor

k C

ity i

n 19

57,

Car

l And

re t

este

d hi

s cr

eativ

ity i

n w

ritin

g,

and

an i

nter

est

in d

raw

ing

and

scul

ptur

e ra

pidl

y fo

llow

ed.

His

firs

t w

orks

, ta

blet

op

geom

etric

con

stru

ctio

ns,

wer

e m

ade

prim

arily

fro

m w

ood,

but

he

soon

ide

ntifi

ed t

he

limita

tions

of

his

own

craf

tsm

ansh

ip a

nd b

ecam

e in

trig

ued

by th

e in

here

nt p

rope

rtie

s

of m

anuf

actu

red

mat

eria

ls-t

heir

form

, w

eigh

t, an

d su

rfac

e. I

n a

span

of

six

year

s,

from

19

58 t

hrou

gh

1964

, A

ndre

wou

ld v

acat

e th

e re

sidu

es o

f th

e ar

tist's

han

d fr

om

his

scul

ptur

es,

whi

ch b

efor

e th

is t

ime

he h

ad m

ade

by c

hise

ling

and

cutti

ng w

ith

pow

er t

ools

to

rend

er s

lend

er p

illar

s fr

om s

ingl

e pl

anks

or

stac

ks t

hat

rise

from

the

grou

nd t

o hi

s ow

n he

ight

. A

t th

e sa

me

time,

acc

ompa

nied

by

his

avid

inte

llect

, a

deep

affe

ctio

n fo

r po

etry

, an

d co

mm

itmen

t to

lef

tist

polit

ics,

And

re w

ould

sha

rpen

his

que

tions

and

cla

rify

his

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

scu

lptu

re b

y m

akin

g th

e ty

pew

riter

hi

s st

udio

. In

the

1960

s, h

e ge

nera

ted

over

thi

rtee

n hu

ndre

d pa

ges

of p

oem

s, in

a m

onum

enta

l

refle

ctio

n th

at c

alle

d at

tent

ion

to t

he s

ubtle

int

ertw

inin

g of

mat

eria

ls a

nd th

e E

nglis

h

lang

uage

. In

his

own

wor

ds:

"Art

is

not

only

the

inve

stm

ent

of c

reat

ive

ener

gy,

but

the

shar

peni

ng o

f th

e cr

itica

l fa

culti

es .

...

I thi

nk a

rt i

s tr

uly

an o

pen

set.

The

re a

re n

o

idea

l for

ms

to s

triv

e fo

r no

r hi

erar

chie

s to

obt

ain

to. T

hing

s ha

ve q

ualit

ies.

Per

ceiv

e

the

qual

ities

."

At

the

outs

et o

f A

ndre

's e

xplo

ratio

ns w

ith b

oth

writ

ing

and

scul

ptin

g, t

he q

uest

ion

beca

me

not

whe

ther

sca

veng

ing

from

the

str

eets

for

mat

eria

ls o

r ex

trac

ting

wor

ds

from

a b

ook

enac

ted

a ne

w a

nd c

opio

us s

tanc

e fo

r or

igin

ality

, or

whe

ther

the

ano

nym

ity

of t

he m

achi

ne-m

ade

units

or

the

type

writ

ten

text

acc

ount

ed f

or t

he ju

nctu

re

of

inst

rum

ent

and

inst

inct

. It

was

rat

her

that

thr

ough

thi

nkin

g ab

out

the

mat

eria

lity

of s

culp

ting

and

writ

ing,

the

for

m o

f la

ngua

ge a

nd m

atte

r, t

he a

rtis

t op

erat

es w

ithin

a hi

stor

ical

dev

elop

men

t, pr

ovid

entia

lly d

ecod

es a

nd p

ropo

ses

a re

adin

g of

pre

sent

cond

ition

s, a

nd u

ltim

atel

y sh

ifts

art

into

a r

ealm

of

expe

rienc

e. T

he d

isco

very

of

this

exam

inat

ion

prov

ed to

be

a de

finin

g ev

ent

in A

ndre

's u

nort

hodo

x pr

obin

g w

ith s

culp

­

ture

and

poe

try

and

led

him

to

devi

se a

not

ion

of "

plac

e" th

at i

s ch

arge

d w

ith u

topi

an

ener

gy a

nd a

n in

vigo

ratin

g un

ders

tand

ing

of a

rt a

s a

view

poin

t in

to r

ealit

y. I

t is

the

conj

unct

ion

of t

hese

tw

o m

odes

of

crea

tion,

the

pla

cem

ent

of m

ater

ials

and

wor

ds,

that

is

the

root

of

And

re's

rec

ipro

cal

rela

tions

hip

to p

lace

, whe

re w

e m

ay r

ecog

nize

our

pres

ence

and

"pe

rcei

ve t

he q

ualit

ies.

"

Yas

mil

Ray

mon

d, C

urat

or,

Dia

Art

Fou

ndat

ion

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bio

gra

ph

y

Car

l A

nd

re w

as b

orn

in Q

uinc

y, M

assa

chus

etts

, in

193

5. A

fter

his

stud

ies

at P

hilli

ps

Aca

dem

y in

And

over

, M

assa

chus

etts

, he

ser

ved

in t

he a

rmy

and

trav

eled

to

Eur

ope,

then

re

loca

ted

to N

ew Y

ork

City

in

1957

. W

hile

car

ryin

g ou

t si

mul

tane

ous

inve

stig

tions

in

art

and

poe

try,

And

re w

orke

d fo

r th

e P

enns

ylva

nia

Rai

lroad

bet

wee

n 19

60

and

1964

, an

ins

epar

able

ex

perie

nce

from

hi

s ev

olut

ion

as a

scu

lpto

r.

Imm

edia

te

accl

aim

fol

low

ed

his

first

so

lo e

xhib

ition

at

the

Tib

or d

e N

agy

Gal

lery

, N

ew Y

ork,

in 1

965,

an

d he

par

ticip

ated

in

sev

eral

lan

dmar

k ex

hibi

tions

of

tha

t de

cade

, su

ch

as P

rimar

y S

truc

ture

s:

You

nger

Am

eric

an a

nd B

ritis

h S

culp

tors

, Je

wis

h M

useu

m,

New

Yor

k (1

966)

, D

ocum

enta

4,

Kas

sel,

Ger

man

y (1

968)

, an

d Li

ve i

n Y

our

Hea

d:

Whe

n

Atti

tude

s B

ecom

e F

orm

-Wor

ks/C

once

pts/

Pro

cess

es/S

ituat

ions

/Info

rmat

ion,

K

unst

halle

Ber

n (1

969)

. In

197

0 th

e S

olom

on

R. G

ugge

nhei

m

Mus

eum

, N

ew Y

ork,

pre

sent

ed

~he

firs

t re

tros

pect

ive

of h

is w

ork.

Alo

ngsi

de

num

erou

s pu

blic

com

mis

sion

s an

d so

lo

exhi

bitio

ns,

Car

l A

ndre

's

five-

deca

de

care

er i

nclu

des

larg

e-sc

ale

surv

eys

orga

nize

d by

the

Lagu

na

Glo

ria A

rt M

useu

m,

Aus

tin

(197

8,

tour

ing

inte

rnat

iona

lly

thro

ugh

1980

),

Kre

feld

H

aus

Lang

e/H

aus

Est

ers

and

Kun

stm

useu

m,

Wol

fsbu

rg,

Ger

man

y (1

996)

,

Mus

ee C

antin

i, M

arse

ille

(199

7),

and

Mus

eum

K

urha

us

Kle

ve,

Ger

man

y (2

011)

.

Ret

ired

from

hi

s ar

t pr

actic

e si

nce

2010

, C

arl

And

re

lives

in

New

Yor

k C

ity.

sele

cted

b

iblio

gra

ph

y

Abo

ut C

arl A

ndre

: C

ritic

al T

exts

Sin

ce 1

965.

Edi

ted

by P

aula

Fel

dman

, Alis

tair

Rid

er, a

nd

Kar

sten

Sch

uber

t. Lo

ndon

: Rid

ingh

ouse

, 200

6.

And

re, C

arl a

nd H

ollis

Fra

mpt

on. T

wel

ve D

ialo

gues

, 19

62-1

963.

E

dite

d by

Ben

jam

in H

. D.

Buc

hloh

. Hal

ifax:

Pre

ss o

f N

ova

Sco

tia C

olle

ge, 1

980

.

Car

l And

re:

Ext

rane

ous

Roo

ts. E

dite

d by

Rol

f Lau

ter a

nd S

usan

ne L

ange

. Fra

nkfu

rt a

m M

ain:

M

useu

m fu

r M

oder

ne K

unst

, 199

1.

Car

l And

re S

culp

tor

1996

: Kre

feld

at H

ome,

Wol

fsbu

rg a

t La

rge.

Stu

ttgar

t: O

ktag

on V

erla

g;

Kre

feld

: Hau

se L

ange

and

Hau

s E

ster

s; W

olfs

burg

: Kun

stm

useu

m, 1

996.

Car

l And

re:

Scu

lpto

r 19

97. M

arse

ille:

Mus

ee C

antin

i, 19

97.

Car

l And

re:

Scu

lptu

re 1

959-

1977

. N

ew Y

ork:

Jaap

Rei

tman

; Aus

tin: L

agun

a G

loria

Art

M

useu

m, 1

978.

Car

l And

re:

Scu

lptu

re a

s P

lace

, 19

58-2

010.

N

ew Y

ork:

Dia

Art

Fou

ndat

ion,

201

4.

Cut

s: T

exts

195

9-20

04.

Edi

ted

by J

ames

Mey

er. C

ambr

idge

, MA

: MIT

Pre

ss, 2

005.

Rid

er, A

lista

ir. C

arl A

ndre

: T

hing

s in

The

ir E

lem

ents

. Lon

don:

Pha

idon

Pre

ss, 2

011.

site

map

law

n

dow

nsta

irs

II.

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culp

ture

4. P

oetr

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5. P

assp

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6. D

ada

For

gerie

s, P

hoto

grap

hy,

and

Eph

emer

a

Do

not t

ouch

the

art

wor

k.

Vis

itors

are

per

mitt

ed t

o w

alk

on 4

6 R

oarin

g F

ortie

s (M

adrid

, 19

88),

loca

ted

in G

alle

ry O

ne. P

leas

e ke

ep y

our

shoe

s on

at

all t

imes

.

Tha

nk y

ou f

or r

espe

ctin

g th

ese

delic

ate

hist

oric

al w

orks

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Gal

lery

On

e: S

culp

ture

At

an e

arly

sta

ge o

f hi

s ar

tistic

inv

estig

atio

n, i

n 19

58,

Car

l And

re i

dent

ified

the

fund

amen

tal

cano

n th

at h

ad i

nfor

med

the

art

of

scul

ptur

e fo

r m

any

cent

urie

s.

Cha

lleng

ing

its p

rinci

ples

-the

un

ity o

f vo

lum

e in

a m

odel

ed m

ater

ial,

sepa

rate

d in

spac

e by

mea

ns o

f a

pede

stal

-he

set

out

to c

reat

e a

body

of

wor

ks m

ade

out

of

unat

tach

ed i

dent

ical

uni

ts o

f in

dust

rial

mat

eria

ls,

arra

nged

in

stru

ctur

es t

hat

coul

d

be e

xten

ded

or r

ecom

bine

d.

Afte

r w

orki

ng o

n m

ater

ials

suc

h as

woo

d an

d pl

astic

by

cutti

ng o

r dr

illin

g, A

ndre

reca

nted

fro

m s

hapi

ng m

atte

r an

d in

stea

d pr

ivile

ged

man

ufac

ture

d su

pplie

s, w

hich

dire

ctly

ref

eren

ced

cont

empo

rary

ind

ustr

y an

d its

int

rinsi

c hi

stor

y. E

xem

plify

ing

his

aban

donm

ent

of t

he c

arvi

ng t

radi

tion

with

the

scu

lptu

re L

ast

Ladd

er (

New

Yor

k,

1959

), A

ndre

sta

rted

wor

king

on

a se

ries

of t

ower

ing

wor

ks o

f as

sem

bled

lum

ber,

know

n to

day

as P

yram

ids.

As

was

the

cas

e fo

r P

yram

id (

Squ

are

Pla

n),

orig

inal

ly m

ade

in 1

959,

man

y of

tho

se w

orks

wer

e de

stro

yed

or l

ost

befo

re A

ndre

cou

ld e

xhib

it

them

, an

d th

ey h

ad t

o be

rem

ade

by th

e ar

tist

year

s la

ter.

Tha

t w

as a

lso

the

case

for

his

Ele

men

t S

erie

s, c

onsi

stin

g of

a p

rogr

essi

ve a

rran

gem

ent

of t

imbe

r bl

ocks

, al

l

plan

ned

in 1

960

and

real

ized

in

the

1970

s. T

he s

erie

s st

emm

ed f

rom

the

sin

gle-

unit

Her

m,

follo

wed

by

a t

wo-

unit

Tau

, and

thr

ee-u

nit

Tau

and

Rig

ht T

hres

hold

. A f

ew

orig

inal

, sm

all-s

ized

mod

els,

mad

e fr

om d

iver

se f

ound

mat

eria

ls s

uch

as c

ast

con­

cret

e, a

cryl

ic,

or s

teel

(su

ch a

s F

eLL,

fro

m

1961

, an

d th

e la

ter

4 C

orne

r S

lant

Sta

ck,

and

Squ

aw R

ock,

bot

h fr

om

1964

, on

vie

w i

n th

e vi

trin

es l

ocat

ed o

utsi

de t

his

galle

ry),

none

thel

ess

surv

ived

the

dis

pers

ion

of t

hose

ear

ly y

ears

.

Bet

wee

n 19

64 a

nd 1

966,

And

re w

as g

iven

his

firs

t op

port

uniti

es t

o pr

esen

t hi

s

scul

ptur

es i

n ga

llerie

s. H

e st

ress

ed t

he m

obili

ty a

nd i

nter

chan

geab

ility

of

uni

ts f

rom

the

outs

et,

and

in o

ne o

f hi

s ea

rlies

t pr

esen

tatio

ns,

at t

he T

ibor

de

Nag

y G

alle

ry, N

ew

Yor

k, h

e tr

ansf

orm

ed

his

prop

osal

for

a m

assi

ve s

even

-foo

t re

ctan

gle

of t

imbe

r bl

ocks

(titl

ed W

e//)

into

Red

an (

conc

eive

d at

the

end

of

1964

, pr

esen

ted

1965

), a

thre

foot

-hig

h zi

gzag

wal

l. T

his

mov

e w

as t

he f

irst

to d

emon

stra

te t

hat,

unde

r th

e ar

tist's

met

hods

, a

mul

tiplic

ity o

f w

orks

cou

ld o

rigin

ate

from

exa

ctly

the

sam

e el

emen

ts.

Deb

asin

g th

e pr

inci

ples

of

vert

ical

ity a

nd a

uton

omy

in s

pace

, And

re g

ave

his

new

wor

ks a

dou

ble

stat

us o

f "c

uts

into

spa

ce"

and

"pla

ces"

the

mse

lves

. H

e sy

nthe

size

d

the

hist

ory

of h

uman

dev

elop

men

t in

scu

lptu

re i

n th

ree

mom

ents

tha

t he

als

o ap

plie

d

to h

is o

wn

evol

utio

n: s

culp

ture

as

form

, sc

ulpt

ure

as s

truc

ture

, an

d, fi

nally

, sc

ulpt

ure

as p

lace

. Thi

s la

st p

hase

in

scul

ptur

al d

evel

opm

ent

was

rea

lized

by

And

re w

hen

crea

ting

two

of h

is m

ost

impo

rtan

t w

orks

fro

m

1966

, th

e flo

or-b

ound

Le

ver

and

Equ

ival

ents

/-V

III.

And

re e

xpla

ined

Lev

er i

n si

mul

tane

ous

term

s of

pat

h, c

ut,

and

falle

n co

lum

n. A

stra

ight

str

ip o

f 13

7 fir

ebric

ks j

uttin

g ou

t of

the

wal

l, Le

ver

was

not

unl

ike

the

railw

ay

segm

ents

he

had

seen

whi

le w

orki

ng a

s a

frei

ght

brak

eman

. T

his

new

app

roac

h to

spac

e w

as e

ven

mor

e cl

early

em

phas

ized

in

his

set

of e

ight

Equ

ival

ents

, a g

roup

of

floor

pie

ces

cons

istin

g of

diff

eren

t ar

rang

emen

ts o

f 12

0 sa

nd-li

me

bric

ks i

n pl

atfo

rm­

like

volu

mes

of

equa

l sq

uare

foo

tage

. A

lthou

gh t

he o

rigin

al w

ork

was

dis

man

tled,

And

re r

emad

e an

ind

ivis

ible

cop

y of

the

wor

k in

199

5, u

sing

the

orig

inal

san

d-lim

e

bric

k, w

hich

he

title

d S

and-

Lim

e Jn

star

.

"A p

lace

is

an a

rea

with

in a

n en

viro

nmen

t w

hich

has

bee

n al

tere

d in

suc

h a

way

as

to m

ake

the

gene

ral

envi

ronm

ent

mor

e co

nspi

cuou

s,"

And

re s

aid

once

, sp

ecify

ing

late

r, "

Pla

ce i

s th

e fin

ite d

omai

n of

one

or

mor

e cu

ts i

nto

spac

e."

Thi

s vi

sion

ope

rate

d

in t

he o

rtho

gona

l pl

atfo

rms

that

wou

ld b

ecom

e A

ndre

's s

igna

ture

wor

ks,

but

also

in

radi

cal

expe

rimen

tatio

ns

with

for

mle

ssne

ss.

Def

inin

g an

enc

lave

in

the

mid

dle

of a

room

(as

in

144

Mag

nesi

um S

quar

e, N

ew Y

ork,

196

9),

draw

ing

atte

ntio

n an

d pr

es­

ence

tow

ard

the

limits

and

cor

ners

of

spac

e (T

wel

fth C

oppe

r C

orne

r, N

ew Y

ork,

197

5),

inva

ding

spa

ce (

Sca

tter

Pie

ce, N

ew Y

ork,

196

6),

or p

avin

g a

met

al c

orrid

or t

hrou

gh t

he

exhi

bitio

n sp

ace

( 46

Roa

ring

For

ties,

Mad

rid,

1988

), A

ndre

's w

orks

inv

ited

view

ers

to

exam

ine

the

wor

k in

con

tinui

ty w

ith i

ts lo

catio

n an

d as

a lo

catio

n in

itse

lf.

Mea

nwhi

le,

indu

stria

l m

ater

ials

in

his

scul

ptur

e al

so c

all

upon

a fo

rm o

f po

litic

al

awar

enes

s in

the

vie

wer

: m

etal

pla

tes,

tim

ber,

bric

k, a

nd c

oncr

ete,

rea

dy f

or u

se b

y

the

cons

truc

tion

indu

stry

, ind

ex th

e st

age

of e

cono

my

whe

rein

the

art

wor

k is

inev

itabl

y

insc

ribed

and

exp

and

the

scop

e of

the

wor

k's

site

-spe

cific

ity i

nto

the

hist

oric

al p

rese

nt.

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Gal

lery

On

e

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 2

8 29

30

10

I 11

12

14

9 8

13

15

7 16

17

6 18

19

4 5

3

2

20

--

chec

klis

t

1.

2.

3.

4.

Sca

tter

Pie

ce, N

ew Y

ork,

1 96

6 33

bal

l bea

rings

, 13

pul

ley

disc

s, 9

pie

ces

of a

lum

inum

cha

nnel

, 14

Ple

xigl

as

rect

angu

lar

solid

s, 7

alu

min

um i

ngot

s C

ourt

esy

the

artis

t an

d P

aula

Coo

per

Gal

lery

, New

Yor

k

He

rm (

Ele

men

t S

erie

s), N

ew Y

ork,

196

0 (p

ropo

sed)

/New

Y

ork,

197

6 (m

ade)

W

este

rn r

ed c

edar

; 1

unit

Sol

omon

R. G

ugge

nhei

m M

useu

m,

New

Yor

k; G

ift,

Ang

ela

K. W

estw

ater

, 19

86

Tau

(E

lem

ent

Ser

ies)

, New

Yor

k, 1

960

(pro

pose

d)/N

ew

Yor

k, 1

970

(mad

e)

woo

d (n

ot s

peci

fied)

; 2

units

S

eattl

e A

rt M

useu

m;

Gift

of

Sid

ney

and

Ann

e G

erbe

r

Tau

an

d R

igh

t Th

resh

old

(E

lem

ent

Ser

ies)

, New

Yor

k, 1

960

(pro

pose

d)/M

inne

apol

is,

1971

(m

ade)

w

ood

(not

spe

cifie

d);

3 un

its

Wex

ner

Cen

ter

for

the

Art

s

5.

Pyr

amid

(S

qu

are

Pla

n),

New

Yor

k, 1

959

(des

troy

ed)/

Orle

ans,

M

assa

chus

etts

, 1 9

70

(rem

ade)

E

aste

rn p

ine;

74-

unit

stac

k D

alla

s M

useu

m o

f A

rt;

Gen

eral

Acq

uisi

tions

Fun

d an

d m

atch

ing

fund

s fr

om T

he 5

00,

Inc.

6.

Lev

er, N

ew Y

ork,

196

6 fir

ebric

k;

137-

unit

line

Nat

iona

l G

alle

ry o

f C

anad

a, O

ttaw

a; P

urch

ased

1 96

9

7.

Red

an, N

ew Y

ork,

196

4 (d

estr

oyed

)/N

ew

Yor

k, 1

970

(rem

ade)

fir

tim

ber;

27

-uni

t re

dan

of 3

tie

rs

Art

Gal

lery

of

Ont

ario

, To

ront

o; P

urch

ased

with

ass

ista

nce

from

the

Wom

en's

C

omm

ittee

Fun

d, 1

971

8.

144

Mag

nes

ium

Sq

uar

e, N

ew Y

ork,

196

9 m

agne

sium

; 14

4-u

nit

squa

re

Tat

e; P

urch

ased

197

3

9.

12 M

ixed

Pip

e &

Tra

ck R

un

, The

Hag

ue,

1969

st

eel;

12-u

nit

line

Col

lect

ion

Ste

lla L

ohau

s, A

ntw

erp

1 0. 9

th C

edar

Co

rner

, New

Yor

k, 2

007

Wes

tern

red

ced

ar;

45-u

nit

right

tria

ngle

D

oris

and

Don

ald

Fis

her

Col

lect

ion

11. S

even

th C

op

per

Car

din

al, T

urin

, 197

3 co

pper

; 7-

unit

line

Priv

ate

colle

ctio

n; C

ourt

esy

Fun

daci

6n A

lmin

e y

Ber

nard

Rui

z-P

icas

so p

ara

el A

rte,

Bru

ssel

s

12. A

LM

EA

R, N

ew Y

ork,

200

2 al

umin

um i

ngot

s; 4

-uni

t py

ram

id o

f th

ree

tiers

C

olle

ctio

n S

held

on M

. and

Mar

y B

erlo

w,

Buf

falo

, N

ew Y

ork

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ase

7 A

lum

inu

m S

tack

, New

Yor

k, 2

008

alum

inum

ing

ots;

49-

unit

pyra

mid

of

thirt

een

tiers

C

olle

ctio

n B

ing

and

Mig

s W

right

, N

ew Y

ork

14. S

and

-Lim

e ln

star

, New

Yor

k, 1

966

(des

troy

ed)/

New

Y

ork,

199

5 (r

emad

e)

sand

-lim

e br

ick;

eig

ht 1

20-u

nit

rect

angu

lar

solid

s, 2

uni

ts h

igh

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist

and

Kon

rad

Fis

cher

Gal

erie

, Dus

seld

orf

15. 4

6 R

oa

rin

g F

ort

ies

, Mad

rid,

1988

w

eath

ered

ste

el;

46-u

nit

rect

angl

e C

ourt

esy

the

artis

t an

d K

onra

d F

isch

er G

aler

ie, D

usse

ldor

f

16.

Zin

c R

ibb

on

, Ant

wer

p, 1

969

zinc

; 1

cont

inuo

us s

trip

S

olom

on R

. Gug

genh

eim

Mus

eum

, New

Yor

k; P

anza

Col

lect

ion,

199

1

1 7. M

agn

esiu

m

Rib

bo

n, A

ntw

erp,

196

9 m

agne

sium

; 1

cont

inuo

us s

trip

C

olle

ctio

n Jo

nas

Loha

us, K

apel

len,

Bel

gium

18. T

in R

ibb

on

, New

Yor

k, 1

969

(pro

pose

d)/M

arse

ille

1997

(m

ade)

tin

; 1

cont

inuo

us s

trip

C

ourt

esy

the

artis

t an

d P

aula

Coo

per

Gal

lery

, New

Yor

k

19. A

LT

OZ

AN

O, N

ew Y

ork,

200

2 al

umin

um;

101-

unit,

tw

o-tie

red

row

alo

ng b

ase

of w

all

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist

and

Pau

la C

oope

r G

alle

ry, N

ew Y

ork

20.

Tw

elft

h C

op

per

Co

rner

, New

Yor

k, 1

975

copp

er;

78-u

nit

tria

ngle

of

twel

ve r

ows

Sea

ttle

Art

Mus

eum

; G

ift o

f V

irgin

ia a

nd B

agle

y W

right

Col

lect

ion

in h

onor

of

the

75th

Ann

iver

sary

21.

Las

t L

add

er,

New

Yor

k, 1

959

pine

T

ate;

Pur

chas

ed 1

972

Eas

t V

itri

ne

22.

Fel

l, N

ew Y

ork,

196

1 st

eel;

2 un

its

MJS

Col

lect

ion,

Par

is

23.

Dem

eter

, New

Yor

k, 1

964

Aln

ico

mag

nets

(br

ight

); 8

1-un

it re

ctan

gle

Add

ison

Gal

lery

of

Am

eric

an A

rt,

Phi

llips

Aca

dem

y, A

ndov

er, M

assa

chus

etts

; G

ift o

f M

aud

Mor

gan,

Add

ison

Art

Driv

e, 1

992

24.

Per

sep

ho

ne

, New

Yor

k, 1

964

Aln

ico

mag

nets

(du

ll);

20-u

nit

rect

angl

e A

ddis

on G

alle

ry o

f A

mer

ican

Art

, P

hilli

ps A

cade

my,

And

over

, Mas

sach

uset

ts;

Gift

of

Mau

d M

orga

n, A

ddis

on A

rt D

rive,

199

2

25.

4 C

orn

er S

lan

t S

tack

, New

Yor

k, 1

964

acry

lic;

1 0-u

nit

stac

k M

JS C

olle

ctio

n, P

aris

Wes

t V

itrin

e

26.

Ho

ur

Ro

se,

New

Yor

k, 1

959

pine

, pai

nt

The

Mus

eum

of

Mod

ern

Art

, N

ew Y

ork;

Fra

ctio

nal a

nd p

rom

ised

gift

of

Irvi

ng

Ste

nn a

nd p

urch

ase,

200

5

27.

Un

titl

ed (

Neg

ativ

e S

culp

ture

), N

ew Y

ork,

195

8 ac

rylic

R

aym

ond

and

Pat

sy N

ashe

r C

olle

ctio

n, N

ashe

r S

culp

ture

Cen

ter,

Dal

las

28.

Qu

incy

Slo

t W

ork

, Q

uinc

y, M

assa

chus

etts

, 19

59

woo

d (n

ot s

peci

fied)

W

hitn

ey M

useu

m o

f A

mer

ican

Art

, N

ew Y

ork;

Gift

of

Mic

hael

Str

aus

29.

Go

ld F

ield

, New

Yor

k, 1

966

gold

P

rivat

e co

llect

ion

30.

Sq

uaw

Ro

ck, N

ew Y

ork,

196

4 ca

st c

oncr

ete

bars

; 6-u

nit

stac

k T

he M

useu

m o

f M

oder

n A

rt,

New

Yor

k; G

ift o

f M

r. &

Mrs

. Mic

hael

Cha

pman

, 19

75

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Gal

leri

es T

wo

an

d T

hre

e: S

culp

ture

Car

l And

re s

umm

ariz

ed h

is a

rtis

tic p

rodu

ctio

n in

an

ofte

n-qu

oted

ad

age:

'Rat

her

than

cut

into

the

mat

eria

l, no

w I

use

the

mat

eria

l as

the

cut

in s

pace

." T

he s

peci

ficity

of

his

scul

ptur

es w

ithin

or

in c

ontr

ast

to t

he a

rchi

tect

ure

of a

n ex

hibi

tion

spac

e is

con

tain

ed

in h

is id

ea o

f th

e sc

ulpt

ural

cut

: le

ss a

ges

ture

tha

n a

locu

s-a

plac

e th

at t

he v

iew

er

can

expe

rienc

e, r

athe

r th

an a

rep

rese

ntat

ion

or t

race

to

be l

ooke

d at

. And

re's

exp

lo­

ratio

ns o

f th

ese

guid

ing

prin

cipl

es, t

he c

ut a

nd th

e pl

ace,

app

eare

d in

div

erse

mat

eria

ls,

conf

igur

atio

ns,

and

scal

es. H

is S

quar

es a

nd P

lain

s, ti

led

area

s of

met

al p

late

s

arra

nged

sid

e by

sid

e at

flo

or l

evel

, are

per

haps

the

mos

t pa

radi

gmat

ic e

xam

ples

of

And

re's

pla

ces.

Orig

inal

ly m

eant

to

be w

alke

d up

on b

y vi

ewer

s, th

ese

scul

ptur

es a

re

less

vis

ible

obj

ects

tha

n th

ey a

re p

latfo

rms

for

the

inte

rrog

atio

n of

the

ir su

rrou

ndin

gs.

Inst

ead

of b

eing

obs

erve

d, th

e sc

ulpt

ures

are

poi

nts

of o

bser

vatio

n, a

nd t

heir

inco

spic

uous

ness

is,

in th

at s

ense

, str

ateg

ic.

Var

ying

in

exte

nsio

n an

d im

bued

with

the

spec

ific

prop

ertie

s of

the

cho

sen

mat

eria

l-nor

mal

ly

the

mos

t co

mm

on m

etal

s in

indu

stria

l pr

oduc

tion:

ste

el,

iron,

cop

per,

lead

, zin

c, a

nd m

agne

sium

-And

re's

S

quar

es

wer

e pr

oduc

ed f

rom

196

7 un

til 2

010,

whe

n he

cre

ated

the

las

t of

his

larg

e-sc

ale

wor

ks a

s a

vast

, alm

ost

intim

idat

ing

stee

l pa

vem

ent,

title

d 9

x 27

Nap

oli R

ecta

ngle

.

Whi

le f

loor

-bou

nd w

orks

may

be

thou

ght

of a

s ro

oms

with

out

wal

ls, A

ndre

als

o

inve

stig

ated

oth

er f

orm

s of

dis

play

whe

re m

ater

ials

wer

e or

gani

zed

in a

mor

e vi

sibl

but

no le

ss s

trat

egic

-man

ner,

ta

king

the

app

eara

nce

of b

arrie

rs, e

mba

nkm

ents

,

ram

part

s, a

nd e

ven

barr

icad

es. A

ndre

's c

laim

to

actu

al s

pace

was

im

pose

d on

to t

he

navi

gatio

n of

the

vis

itor,

alte

ring

the

conv

entio

n ab

out

scul

ptur

es b

eing

fre

esta

ndin

g

form

s th

at o

ne w

alks

aro

und.

Int

entio

nally

dom

inat

ing

the

spac

e in

way

s th

at a

re a

t

times

sel

f-re

fere

ntia

l, th

ese

wor

ks a

re s

ite-s

peci

fic y

et n

ever

str

ictly

aut

onom

ous.

Rat

her,

they

see

m a

ble

to e

ver

esta

blis

h ill

umin

atin

g di

alog

ues

with

a m

ultip

licity

of

arch

itect

ural

env

ironm

ents

, w

hile

car

ryin

g th

e m

emor

y of

the

ir or

igin

al c

onte

xt o

f

prod

uctio

n. N

eubr

uckw

erk,

for

inst

ance

, exh

ibite

d in

197

6 at

Kon

rad

Fis

cher

Gal

erie

on N

eubr

ucks

tras

se,

in D

usse

ldor

f, is

exp

licitl

y na

med

afte

r th

at o

rigin

al s

ite.

In o

ther

exam

ples

, the

scu

lptu

res

are

sym

bolic

ally

cha

rged

-as

in B

reda

(The

Hag

ue,

1986

),

a ro

w o

f cr

osse

s m

ade

from

Bel

gian

blu

e lim

esto

ne w

hose

titl

e co

ntai

ns a

ref

eren

ce

to t

he h

isto

rical

sie

ge o

f a

fort

ified

D

utch

city

; or

in

Pyr

amus

and

Thi

sbe (

Dus

seld

orf,

1990

), w

here

tw

o ro

ws

of t

imbe

rs e

cho

the

myt

holo

gica

l st

ory

of t

wo

love

rs w

ho

live

sepa

rate

d by

a w

all.

And

re's

cum

ulat

ive

cons

truc

tions

-sta

cks

or p

iles,

rid

ges

or

isla

nds-

such

as

Fer

mi a

nd T

risk

aide

k (bot

h N

ew Y

ork,

197

9),

not

only

dem

onst

rate

the

qual

ities

of

a ce

rtai

n so

lid (

wei

ght,

text

ure,

col

or)

but

also

hig

hlig

ht i

ts o

ccup

ancy

of s

pace

, the

voi

d its

mas

s ca

n fil

l-mas

s re

plac

ing,

in s

ome

case

s, th

e ve

ry c

once

pt

of f

orm

.

Sei

zing

the

spac

es w

here

the

y fin

d th

emse

lves

, the

wor

ks i

llust

rate

the

art

ist's

inte

rest

in

mor

e ex

pans

ive

form

ats

by m

eans

of

geom

etric

add

ition

and

mat

hem

atic

al

prog

ress

ion,

as

exem

plifi

ed b

y U

ncar

ved B

lock

s (V

anco

uver

, 19

75).

A c

ombi

nato

ry

sequ

ence

mad

e fr

om u

nalte

red

timbe

rs, t

his

wor

k ep

itom

izes

the

artis

t's a

lmos

t

expr

essi

ve u

se o

f id

entic

al p

artic

les.

Lik

e th

e E

lem

ent

Ser

ies,

Unc

arve

d Blo

cks

is

a pr

ogre

ssiv

e en

sem

ble,

evo

lvin

g fr

om t

wo-

to f

ive-

unit

sets

. Set

s of

ide

ntic

al s

ize

are

diffe

rent

iate

d by

thei

r or

ient

atio

n-no

rth,

so

uth,

eas

t, an

d w

est.

Eac

h se

t po

ints

tow

ard

one

or m

ore

imag

inar

y 'w

ays"

or

path

s, n

ot u

nlik

e a

dire

ctio

n po

le o

r a

perf

ectly

im

mob

ile w

eath

er v

ane.

The

com

bina

tions

are

det

erm

ined

, an

d lim

ited,

by th

e re

peat

ed s

hape

of

a si

ngle

tim

ber

bloc

k re

stin

g on

eac

h of

its

sid

es.

Pro

gres

sive

ly g

aini

ng a

cces

s to

a la

rger

num

ber

of m

ater

ials

-woo

d,

conc

rete

,

alum

inum

, and

gra

phite

-the

ar

tist

expa

nded

the

sco

pe o

f ea

rlier

exp

lora

tions

,

recl

aim

ing

larg

er s

urfa

ces

with

out

the

burd

en o

f m

onum

enta

lity.

Thi

s am

bitio

n is

pres

ent

in L

amen

t for

the

Chi

ldre

n (N

ew Y

ork,

197

6),

anot

her

maj

or e

xam

ple

of

And

re's

tak

e on

mas

s an

d se

izur

e of

spa

ce. T

he a

rtis

t us

ed o

ne h

undr

ed f

ound

cem

ent

bloc

ks,

disp

laye

d fo

llow

ing

a gr

id-li

ke p

atte

rn. T

he o

rigin

al s

ettin

g fo

r th

e

wor

k w

as a

dem

ised

pla

ygro

und,

and

thi

s in

spire

d th

e tit

le,

whi

ch A

ndre

bor

row

ed

from

an

eleg

iac

Sco

ttish

bag

pipe

tun

e.

The

pre

sent

atio

n of

scu

lptu

res

is c

ompl

eted

by

Join

t (P

utne

y, V

erm

ont,

1968

[des

troy

ed]/B

eaco

n,

New

Yor

k, 2

014

[rem

ade]

), o

ne o

f A

ndre

's f

irst

eart

hwor

ks,

whi

ch h

as b

een

spec

ifica

lly r

efab

ricat

ed f

or D

ia:B

eaco

n an

d in

stal

led

by th

e ar

tist

on t

he b

uild

ing'

s ba

ck l

awn.

Orig

inal

ly c

once

ived

as

an e

phem

eral

wor

k, J

oint

cons

ists

of a

lon

g lin

e of

hay

bal

es c

onne

ctin

g tw

o sp

aces

, joi

ning

-but

al

so c

uttin

g th

roug

the

limits

of

a fo

rest

int

o a

gard

ened

are

a.

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Gal

lery

Tw

o

chec

klis

t

31.

Zin

c-S

teel

Pla

in, N

ew Y

ork,

196

9 zi

nc, s

teel

; 36

-uni

t sq

uare

C

olle

ctio

n Ji

ll an

d P

eter

Kra

us

32.

Mag

nes

ium

-Mag

nes

ium

Pla

in, N

ew Y

ork,

196

9 m

agne

sium

; 36

-uni

t sq

uare

P

rivat

e co

llect

ion

33.

Co

pp

er-A

lum

inu

m

Pla

in, N

ew Y

ork,

196

9 co

pper

, alu

min

um;

36-u

nit

squa

re

Nat

halie

and

Cha

rles

de G

unzb

urg

34.

64 C

op

pe

r S

qu

are

, New

Yor

k, 1

969

copp

er;

64-u

nit

squa

re

Col

lect

ion

Virg

inia

Dw

an

35.

64 T

in S

qu

are

, New

Yor

k, 1

976

tin;

64-u

nit

squa

re

Priv

ate

colle

ctio

n

36.

Ste

el-A

lum

inu

m

Sq

uar

e, D

i.iss

eldo

rf, 1

969

stee

l, al

umin

um;

100-

unit

squa

re

Col

lect

ion

Fis

cher

, Di.i

ssel

dorf

37.

4-S

egm

ent

Hex

ago

n, B

russ

els,

197

4 bl

ue s

teel

; 15

6-un

it ce

llula

r he

xago

n C

entr

e P

ompi

dou,

Par

is, M

usee

nat

iona

l d'a

rt m

oder

ne/

Cen

tre

de c

reat

ion

indu

strie

lle

38.

8005

Mo

nch

eng

lad

bac

h S

qu

are

, Miin

chen

glad

bach

, G

erm

any,

196

8 ho

t-ro

lled

stee

l; 36

-uni

t sq

uare

M

JS C

olle

ctio

n, P

aris

39.

Pyr

amu

s an

d T

his

be

, Di.i

ssel

dorf

, 199

0 W

este

rn r

ed c

edar

; 20

uni

ts i

n 2

wal

ls

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist

and

Pau

la C

oope

r G

alle

ry, N

ew Y

ork

40.

Fer

mi,

New

Yor

k, 1

979

Wes

tern

red

ced

ar;

121-

unit

squa

re

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist

and

Pau

la C

oope

r G

alle

ry, N

ew Y

ork

4 1.

Lam

ent

for

the

Ch

ildre

n, N

ew Y

ork,

197

6 (d

estr

oyed

)/W

olfs

burg

, 19

96 (

rem

ade)

co

ncre

te;

100-

unit

squa

re

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist

and

Pau

la C

oope

r G

alle

ry, N

ew Y

ork

42.

Tris

kaid

ek, N

ew Y

ork,

197

9 W

este

rn r

ed c

edar

; 91

uni

ts

Gle

n st

one

42

36

41

40

38

39

37

34

35

31

32

33

Gal

lery

Th

ree

chec

klis

t

43.

Un

carv

ed B

lock

s, V

anco

uver

, 197

5 W

este

rn r

ed c

edar

; 47

uni

ts

Kun

stm

useu

m W

olfs

burg

44.

Bre

da

, The

Hag

ue,

1986

B

elgi

an b

lue

limes

tone

; 97

uni

ts

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist

and

Kon

rad

Fis

cher

Gal

erie

, D

i.iss

eldo

rf

45.

Neu

bri

ickw

erk

, Di.i

ssel

dorf

, 197

6 W

este

rn r

ed c

edar

; 19

uni

ts

Mus

ee d

'Art

Con

tem

pora

in,

Mon

trea

l

46.

44 C

arb

on

Co

pp

er T

riad

s, B

asel

, 200

5 44

gra

phite

blo

cks,

44

grap

hite

bric

ks, 4

4 co

pper

pla

tes

Cou

rtes

y th

e ar

tist,

Gal

erie

Tsc

hudi

, Zuo

z, a

nd S

adie

C

oles

HO

, Lo

ndon

47.

9 x

27 N

apo

li R

ecta

ng

le, N

aple

s, 2

010

hot-

rolle

d st

eel;

243-

unit

rect

angl

e P

rivat

e co

llect

ion

sout

h la

wn

(by

appo

intm

ent)

:

Join

t, P

utne

y, V

erm

ont,

1968

(de

stro

yed)

/Bea

con,

N

ew Y

ork,

201

4 (

rem

ade)

hay

bale

s; 1

83-u

nit

row

in

Ver

mon

t,

126-

unit

row

in

New

Yor

k C

ourt

esy

the

artis

t an

d P

aula

Coo

per

Gal

lery

, New

Yor

k

47

46

45

39

44

43

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Gal

lery

Fo

ur:

Po

etry

, "M

y in

tere

st i

n el

emen

ts o

r pa

rtic

les

in s

culp

ture

is

para

llele

d by

my

inte

rest

in

wor

ds

as p

artic

les

of l

angu

age,

" C

arl A

ndre

sai

d in

197

5. W

hile

he

coul

d no

t m

ater

ializ

e hi

s

mos

t ra

dica

l sc

ulpt

ural

con

cept

s un

til t

he m

id-1

960s

, th

e si

mpl

e fo

rmat

of

his

poet

ry

(typ

ewrit

er i

nk o

n pa

per)

affo

rded

him

a c

ompl

ete

auto

nom

y fr

om t

he v

ery

star

t of

his

inve

stig

atio

ns.

And

re's

ear

ly i

ncur

sion

s in

exp

erim

enta

l ve

rse

can

be t

race

d to

his

year

s at

Phi

llips

Aca

dem

y in

And

over

, M

assa

chus

etts

, bu

t hi

s fir

st m

atur

e po

ems

coin

cide

with

his

arr

ival

to

New

Yor

k in

195

7.

Mul

tiple

exp

erie

nces

and

inf

luen

ces

info

rmed

And

re's

writ

ing:

his

fas

cina

tion

with

early

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry;

his

read

ings

of

Ezr

a P

ound

, Ger

trud

e S

tein

, an

d W

illia

m

Car

los

Will

iam

s; h

is d

iscu

ssio

ns w

ith f

ello

w a

rtis

ts H

ollis

Fra

mpt

on a

nd F

rank

Ste

lla;

and

even

his

tem

pora

ry e

mpl

oym

ent

as a

n ed

itoria

l as

sist

ant

and

inde

xer

in N

ew

Yor

k C

ity d

eter

min

ed h

is o

bjec

tive

and

radi

cally

vis

ual a

ppro

ach

to t

he p

oetic

cra

ft.

The

sel

ectio

n pr

esen

ted

here

illu

stra

tes

how

far

And

re's

poe

try

acco

mpa

nied

, an

d

even

for

esha

dow

ed,

his

mat

eria

listic

and

mod

ular

tak

e on

the

art

of

scul

ptur

e.

Sin

ce t

heir

earli

est

form

ulat

ions

, A

ndre

's p

oem

s (a

lso

refe

rred

to

as "

type

writ

er

draw

ings

" an

d "p

lane

s")

have

sho

wn

his

effo

rt t

o di

sman

tle a

ny tr

aditi

onal

not

ion

of

lyric

ism

, ext

endi

ng t

heir

brea

king

for

ce t

o gr

amm

ar i

tsel

f. C

onfr

onte

d w

ith a

pag

e

whe

re w

ords

ofte

n co

mpo

se f

igur

es r

athe

r th

an s

ente

nces

, th

e re

ader

's e

ye l

ooks

inst

ead

for

conn

ectio

ns

betw

een

lines

, col

umns

, an

d bl

ocks

. S

ome

poem

s ar

e si

mpl

y

laid

out

, bu

t ot

hers

may

req

uire

a m

ore

inge

niou

s ap

proa

ch b

y th

e re

ader

to

mak

e

sens

e of

the

m.

And

re's

typ

ing

met

hods

are

ess

entia

lly b

ased

on

thre

e pa

ttern

s: th

e gr

id (

info

rmin

g

spat

ial

disp

lay)

, the

lis

t or

ind

ex (

clas

sific

atio

n),

and

the

mat

hem

atic

al s

eque

nce

(rep

laci

ng,

in m

any

case

s, g

ram

mar

). U

sing

int

erch

ange

able

pa

rtic

les

of l

angu

age

as

mod

ular

uni

ts,

alig

ned

rath

er t

han

conj

ugat

ed,

And

re a

pplie

d so

me

of t

he p

rinci

ples

that

wou

ld d

omin

ate

his

scul

ptur

al w

ork,

but

als

o de

pict

ed a

reas

of

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry

or h

is o

wn

auto

biog

raph

ical

m

emor

y.

Tw

o im

port

ant

sets

are

inc

lude

d in

the

cur

rent

dis

play

. Tog

ethe

r th

ey t

otal

abo

ut t

wo

hund

red

shee

ts a

nd r

epre

sent

tw

o ex

trem

es o

f A

ndre

's p

oetic

s, a

"no

min

alis

t" a

nd

a "c

onst

ruct

ivis

t" i

mpu

lse-

the

form

er o

rient

ed t

owar

d si

mpl

e op

erat

ions

rep

etiti

vely

, .J

~ ~

perf

orm

ed o

n m

ultip

le,

equi

vale

nt p

artic

les;

the

lat

ter

base

d on

the

seq

uenc

ing

and

reco

mbi

natio

n of

an

exis

ting

sour

ce t

ext.

In o

ne h

undr

ed s

onne

ts (

196

3) A

ndre

uti­

lizes

the

trad

ition

al a

rran

gem

ent

of f

ourt

een

lines

and

lay

s ou

t hi

s be

lief

that

eve

ry

wor

d is

a p

oem

in

itsel

f, di

smis

sing

poe

tic f

igur

es a

nd t

he s

ente

nce

alto

geth

er.

Stil

lano

vel

( 197

2),

on t

he o

ther

han

d, r

epre

sent

s th

e ul

timat

e ex

ampl

e of

And

re's

art

of t

he t

ypew

riter

: as

syn

tax

is d

ism

antle

d, t

he g

rid r

emai

ns,

allo

win

g th

e ar

tist

to

refa

shio

n a

pree

xist

ing

stor

y th

at i

s no

w s

catte

red

thro

ugh

the

page

. C

ut a

nd r

ear­

rang

ed i

n al

l dire

ctio

ns,

the

book

exp

lore

s a

trag

ic e

piso

de i

n th

e lif

e of

Ead

wea

rd

Muy

brid

ge,

the

fam

ous

phot

ogra

pher

and

pio

neer

of

mot

ion-

pict

ure

proj

ectio

n w

ho

also

exe

rted

a s

tron

g in

fluen

ce o

n m

any

conc

eptu

al a

rtis

ts.

It is

ded

icat

ed t

o A

ndre

's

clos

e fr

iend

s S

ol L

eWitt

and

Hol

lis F

ram

pton

, w

ho g

reat

ly a

dmire

d M

uybr

idge

.

Stil

lano

vel

was

com

pose

d at

the

las

t st

age

of A

ndre

's p

oetic

pro

duct

ion,

afte

r w

hich

he p

rodu

ced

a nu

mbe

r of

han

dwrit

ten

plan

es-a

lso

feat

ured

in

thes

e ga

llerie

s-

and

final

ly a

band

oned

thi

s pr

actic

e ar

ound

197

3.

Man

y of

And

re's

poe

ms

are

diffi

cult,

if n

ot im

poss

ible

, to

read

alo

ud. W

hile

the

artis

t

insi

sted

upo

n th

e pu

rely

vis

ual-a

nd

bare

ly s

eman

tic-q

ualit

ies

of h

is "

plan

es,"

he

also

pro

duce

d a

num

ber

of o

pera

s to

be

perf

orm

ed p

ublic

ly. A

lthou

gh w

ords

are

thei

r m

ain

com

pone

nts,

the

se p

iece

s-ex

empl

ified

he

re b

y N

AM

ES

, W

OR

DS

, an

d

DIT

HY

RA

MB

(al

l 19

64)-

are

scor

es r

athe

r th

an s

impl

e lib

retto

s. U

sing

in

each

cas

e

an i

ntui

tive

nota

tion

syst

em, A

ndre

pro

vide

s re

ader

s w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

inst

ruct

ions

to b

ecom

e pe

rfor

mer

s in

an

even

t th

at c

ould

wel

l be

sum

mar

ized

as

"pol

ypho

nic

read

ing.

" E

xem

pt o

f m

usic

al a

ccom

pani

men

t, im

part

ially

rea

d in

stea

d of

sun

g, th

ese

wor

ks m

anife

st o

nce

agai

n A

ndre

's i

nter

est

in r

adic

ally

sec

ular

izin

g th

e po

etic

for

ms,

disp

ensi

ng f

rom

per

sona

l ac

cent

s an

d em

phas

izin

g th

e qu

aliti

es o

f la

ngua

ge i

tsel

f.

Car

l And

re: S

culp

ture

as

Pla

ce,

1958

-201

0 pr

esen

ts tw

o ro

tatio

ns o

f po

etry

dur

ing

the

exhi

bitio

n. P

leas

e co

nsul

t the

che

cklis

ts in

the

galle

ry fo

r cu

rren

t sel

ectio

ns o

n di

spla

y.

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Gal

lery

F

ive:

Pas

spo

rt

Pas

spor

t oc

cupi

es a

pla

ce o

f ex

cept

ion

in C

arl A

ndre

's p

rodu

ctio

n. A

scr

apbo

ok

mem

oria

lizin

g di

spar

ate

mat

eria

ls f

rom

And

re's

eve

ryda

y lif

e in

196

0, i

t is

a v

isua

l

wor

k th

at t

he a

utho

r ne

vert

hele

ss i

nclu

ded

in t

he a

ntho

logy

Sev

en B

ooks

of

Poe

try,

edite

d by

Set

h S

iege

laub

and

pub

lishe

d by

Virg

inia

Dw

an (

And

re's

dea

ler

at t

he

time)

as

a bl

ack-

and-

whi

te

phot

ocop

y ed

ition

in

1969

. T

houg

h th

e or

igin

al v

ersi

on

of P

assp

ort

( 196

0) w

as d

irect

ly m

ade

on a

bou

nd b

ook,

usi

ng t

radi

tiona

l te

chni

ques

of c

olla

ge,

ink,

and

pen

cil

draw

ing,

in

1970

Car

l And

re d

ecid

ed t

o pr

oduc

e a

colo

r

editi

on u

sing

the

n-cu

tting

-edg

e X

erox

tec

hnol

ogy

that

was

not

yet

com

mer

cial

ly

avai

labl

e. T

his

revi

sion

allo

wed

him

to

alig

n th

e w

ork

with

the

res

t of

his

pro

duct

ion

in

sing

le s

heet

s, a

nd t

o ex

hibi

t it

acco

rdin

gly

(And

re's

poe

ms

wer

e ge

nera

lly p

rese

nted

as f

ram

ed p

iece

s hu

ng o

n a

wal

l un

til t

he

1990

s, w

hen

the

artis

t de

vise

d sp

ecifi

c

vitr

ines

for

the

pre

sent

atio

n of

his

wor

ks o

n pa

per)

.

Alth

ough

wor

ds a

re s

igni

fican

tly

less

num

erou

s th

an i

mag

es i

n P

assp

ort,

the

trea

men

t of

bot

h-es

peci

ally

if

we

com

pare

it

with

And

re's

aut

obio

grap

hica

l, in

dexi

cal

poem

s-is

so

mew

hat

anal

ogou

s, w

hich

may

hav

e ju

stifi

ed

And

re's

dec

isio

n to

inc

lude

it am

ong

othe

r, m

ore

heav

ily la

ngua

ge-b

ased

ser

ies.

An

intim

ate

docu

men

t, P

assp

ort

appe

ars

as th

e vi

sual

equ

ival

ent

of a

per

sona

l di

ary,

an

albu

m w

here

the

aut

hor's

wor

k, h

is f

riend

s' a

nd l

over

s' e

ffigi

es,

and

his

life'

s tr

ivia

are

mix

ed w

ith r

epre

sent

tions

of

hist

oric

al a

rt w

orks

(by

Goy

a, C

onst

antin

Bra

ncus

i, F

rank

Ste

lla, a

nd A

rshi

le

Gor

ky, f

or i

nsta

nce)

and

fig

ures

(Lo

rd B

yron

, Ral

ph W

aldo

Em

erso

n, H

art

Cra

ne)

that

he

adm

ires.

Und

erst

ood

by th

e au

thor

as

an x

-ray

of

his

life,

'a g

eolo

gica

l co

re

sam

ple"

dril

led

thro

ugh

his

brai

n, P

assp

ort

stan

ds f

or h

im a

s a

safe

con

duit

by w

hich

the

artis

t gr

ants

him

self

acce

ss i

nto

the

wor

ld.

&

Gal

lery

F

ive

chec

klis

t

Pas

spo

rt, 1

960

colo

r ph

otoc

opy

( 197

0);

88 s

heet

s C

ourt

esy

the

artis

t and

Pau

la C

oope

r Gal

lery

, New

Yor

k

Pag

es a

re a

rran

ged

cloc

kwis

e fr

om th

e ga

llery

ent

ranc

e.

lJ

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Gal

lery

Six

: D

ada

Fo

rger

ies,

Ph

oto

gra

ph

y, a

nd

Ep

hem

era

Car

l And

re's

cre

ativ

e th

inki

ng w

as n

ever

lim

ited

to t

he p

rodu

ctio

n of

scu

lptu

res

and

poet

ry,

but

rath

er d

evel

oped

in

diffe

rent

w

ays

as a

rea

ctio

n to

var

ious

spa

tial,

polit

ical

,

and

soci

al e

nviro

nmen

ts a

nd c

ondi

tions

. In

tens

ely

pres

ent

in t

he d

ebat

es o

f hi

s tim

e

(the

Vie

tnam

War

, the

rig

hts

of a

rt w

orke

rs a

gain

st m

useu

m a

nd a

rt m

arke

t po

licie

s),

And

re s

ent

num

erou

s st

atem

ents

and

let

ters

to

edito

rs o

f ar

t m

agaz

ines

; con

trib

uted

to t

he p

rodu

ctio

n of

pam

phle

ts,

broc

hure

s, a

nd p

oliti

cal

publ

icat

ions

; an

d pa

rtic

ipat

ed

in b

enef

it ex

hibi

tions

for

tho

se c

ause

s. H

e al

so h

elpe

d pi

onee

r th

e us

e of

the

pho

to­

copy

as

a m

ediu

m f

or a

rtis

t bo

ok e

ditio

ns,

alth

ough

the

circ

ulat

ion

of s

ome

of t

hese

mat

eria

ls w

as r

estr

icte

d, s

omet

imes

int

imat

e-w

hich

m

ay b

e ex

plai

ned

by th

e ar

tist's

need

for

a s

hare

d sp

ace,

a f

orm

of

prox

imity

, as

a c

ondi

tion

for

com

mun

icat

ion.

And

re's

pas

sion

for

deba

te a

nd in

telle

ctua

l ex

chan

ge i

s al

so m

anife

st i

n th

e nu

mer

ous

corr

espo

nden

ces

he m

aint

aine

d w

ith f

ello

w a

rtis

ts a

nd o

ther

pee

rs (

criti

cs,

cura

tors

,

deal

ers)

, es

peci

ally

in

the

form

of

post

card

s. A

t tim

es c

onve

ying

mes

sage

s in

con

­

vent

iona

l pr

ose,

and

at

times

ser

ializ

ed i

n th

e m

anne

r of

197

0s

mai

l art

, the

se c

ard

colle

ctio

ns s

peak

of

And

re's

num

erou

s tr

avel

s an

d hi

s co

nsta

nt n

eed

to s

hare

ide

as

with

frie

nds

and

acqu

aint

ance

s. K

ept

in t

he c

olle

ctio

ns o

f fe

llow

art

ists

, ar

t hi

stor

ians

,

and

cura

tors

, th

ese

docu

men

ts d

emon

stra

te o

nce

agai

n A

ndre

's p

erm

anen

t ur

ge f

or

sam

plin

g an

d so

rtin

g, n

umbe

ring

and

free

ass

ocia

tion.

His

hum

orou

s an

d irr

ever

ent

spiri

t di

d no

t st

op e

ven

for

the

very

sac

redn

ess

of

art,

and

it ap

pear

s in

a s

ingu

lar

body

of

asse

mbl

age

scul

ptur

es k

now

n as

Dad

a

For

gerie

s. F

irst

docu

men

ted

by H

ollis

Fra

mpt

on-w

ho

had

phot

ogra

phed

som

e of

And

re's

ear

liest

, an

d no

w l

ost,

scul

ptur

es-t

hese

w

orks

wer

e fa

bric

ated

by

And

re

as p

layf

ul a

berr

atio

ns o

f hi

s ow

n id

entit

y as

an

artis

t an

d of

the

nat

ure

of a

rt a

fter

Mar

cel

Duc

ham

p's

inve

ntio

n of

the

rea

dym

ade.

The

y ca

n be

rea

d as

sly

vis

ual

puns

,

in m

any

case

s tit

led

in F

renc

h, a

nd o

ften

conv

eyin

g re

fere

nces

to

art

hist

ory,

sex

, and

relig

ion.

Cas

k of

Mea

ts (

1959

), t

he e

arlie

st s

urvi

ving

wor

k of

the

ser

ies,

con

sist

s qu

ite

sim

ply

of a

boo

k of

lite

rary

crit

icis

m w

ith a

thre

e-in

ch

hole

dril

led

thro

ugh

its c

ente

r,

and

is o

ne a

mon

g se

vera

l jes

ts e

xecu

ted

with

and

aga

inst

boo

ks. A

lso

from

thi

s

serie

s, tw

o fr

ee-s

tand

ing

wor

ks o

bliq

uely

ref

eren

ce t

he f

igur

e of

Jes

us o

f N

azar

eth:

The

Sig

h of

Im

mor

talit

y ( 1

963)

ev

okes

the

fam

ous

para

ble

of t

he c

amel

(he

re a

pac

k

of c

igar

ette

s of

the

sam

e na

me)

and

the

eye

of

the

need

le (

repr

esen

ted

by a

n iro

n

rod)

, whi

le E

C.

HO

. (1

988)

re

prod

uces

the

wor

ds o

f P

ontiu

s P

ilate

("e

cce

hom

o")

on

/\I t ((

a pi

ece

of c

ardb

oard

. M

argi

t E

ndor

mie

and

Bal

zac

cont

ain

art-

hist

oric

al

refe

renc

es

(the

for

mer

evo

kes

Con

stan

tin B

ranc

usi's

fam

ous

"sle

epin

g m

use"

; the

lat

ter

is a

foun

d "r

eplic

a" o

f R

odin

's s

tatu

e).

The

y ar

e bo

th f

rom

19

89,

the

year

of

Car

l And

re's

seco

nd e

xhib

ition

of

Dad

a F

orge

ries

at J

ulia

n P

retto

Gal

lery

, New

Yor

k.

Exc

eptin

g th

e ph

otog

raph

s by

Hol

lis F

ram

pton

doc

umen

ting

his

early

scu

lptu

res,

phot

ogra

phy

ente

rs A

ndre

's w

ork

in r

are

inst

ance

s, m

ainl

y in

the

for

m o

f co

llabo

ra­

tions

. T

he f

irst

date

s fr

om s

prin

g 19

70,

whe

n A

ndre

and

pho

togr

aphe

r G

ianf

ranc

o

Gor

goni

str

olle

d th

roug

h N

ew Y

ork'

s M

eatp

acki

ng

Dis

tric

t-on

e of

And

re's

sca

veng

­

ing

site

s-as

pa

rt o

f th

e bo

ok p

roje

ct T

he N

ew A

vant

-Gar

de,

edite

d by

Gre

goire

Mul

ler.

Sin

ce A

ndre

had

alw

ays

refu

sed

to w

ork

in a

stu

dio,

thi

s w

as t

he o

nly

way

for

him

to

pres

ent

the

phot

ogra

pher

with

a r

eal w

orki

ng s

ituat

ion.

Aga

in t

ryin

g to

mak

e a

visu

al s

tate

men

t ab

out

the

orig

ins

of h

is w

ork,

And

re s

et o

ut t

o po

rtra

y hi

s ho

met

own

of G

uine

y, M

assa

chus

etts

, w

ith t

he h

elp

of G

ordo

n "D

iz"

Ben

sley

, a

phot

ogra

pher

who

had

been

his

tea

cher

at

Phi

llips

Aca

dem

y in

And

over

. T

he r

esul

t w

as Q

uinc

y B

ook,

a sm

all

publ

icat

ion

that

acc

ompa

nied

And

re's

exh

ibiti

on a

t th

e A

ddis

on G

alle

ry o

f

Am

eric

an A

rt i

n 19

73.

Onl

y in

the

late

r w

ork

15 Y

ears

(197

7-19

92):

S

cene

s an

d

Var

iatio

ns d

id A

ndre

him

self

hold

the

cam

era

to c

aptu

re t

he s

pace

s of

his

eve

ryda

y

life,

whi

ch h

e th

en n

umbe

red,

cla

ssifi

ed,

and

shuf

fled.

Man

uel

Cira

uqui

, Ass

ista

nt C

urat

or, D

ia A

rt F

ound

atio

n

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ork

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nu

men

t to

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ntr

acep

tio

n, 19

89

woo

d, a

lum

inum

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k

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e T

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ork

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Ap

par

ent

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en T

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, 19

90

met

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ook

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an A

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New

Yor

k; G

ift o

f A

ngel

a G

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in m

emor

y of

E

ugen

e M

. Sch

war

tz a

nd J

ulia

n P

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8.

Alle

go

rica

l P

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rait

of

the

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s o

f th

e M

use

um

of

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n A

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73

ink

on s

ticke

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nk o

n pa

per,

met

al

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lect

ion

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e/K

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man

, C

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Y R

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, 19

89

lam

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with

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phite

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cop

per

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tan

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lar

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tory

of

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sic

, 19

91

pain

ted

book

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Bra

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use

, 19

88

foun

d co

pper

sig

n, ir

on

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ombe

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hola

s an

d Le

onar

d R

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berg

, N

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12. M

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th

e S

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, 19

63

woo

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aper

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, co

in

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ate

of R

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in;

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rtes

y G

aler

ie A

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d Le

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Par

is

13. T

he

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arty

of

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si,

Sat

ie, &

Jo

hn

Qu

inn

, 19

90

thre

aded

nic

kel-s

teel

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units

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n Je

nny

Van

Drie

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e, B

elgi

um

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oo

t C

and

le,

2002

le

athe

r an

d bl

ack

clot

h sh

oe,

pres

sed

glas

s ca

ndle

stic

k ho

lder

, can

dle

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lect

ion

L. B

rand

on K

rall

1 5. M

a M

elo

n,

1983

ru

bber

, pla

stic

C

olle

ctio

n Je

nny

Van

Drie

ssch

e, B

elgi

um

1 6. M

arg

it E

nd

orm

ie,

1989

te

nnis

bal

l with

ink

ins

crip

tion,

ben

t m

etal

spr

ing

Col

lect

ion

L. B

rand

on K

rall

17. L

ion

of

Jud

ah,

1990

iro

n fo

und

obje

cts

Col

lect

ion

Fra

ncis

Mis

tiaen

, B

russ

els

18. O

bje

t d

'art

re,

1989

fo

und

woo

d, i

ron

Col

lect

ion

Yvo

n La

mbe

rt,

Fra

nce

19. L

a T

erre

Du

pee

, 19

88

woo

d Y

ale

Uni

vers

ity A

rt G

alle

ry, N

ew H

aven

, Con

nect

icut

; R

icha

rd B

row

n B

aker

, B

A,

1935

, Col

lect

ion

20. !

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euvr

e in

com

men

cee,

20

03

canv

as, c

lay

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rtes

y G

aler

ie A

rnau

d Le

febv

re,

Par

is

21. T

he

Rim

of

Ap

ost

asy

(fo

r JP

), 1

989

woo

d, m

etal

A

ddis

on G

alle

ry o

f A

mer

ican

Art

, P

hilli

ps A

cade

my,

And

over

, M

assa

chus

etts

; G

ift o

f W

erne

r K

ram

arsk

y, 2

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22. A

nd

re:

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iod

ic T

able

, ex

hibi

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er,

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an G

alle

ry, N

ew Y

ork,

196

7 sc

reen

prin

t on

pap

er

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lect

ion

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inia

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an

23. C

arl

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dre

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68

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of

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play

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by S

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es M

useu

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, M

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man

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n th

e ar

tist;

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rtes

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per

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lery

, New

Yor

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24. Q

uin

cy B

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k, 1

973

stap

le-b

ound

bo

ok,

offs

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prin

t on

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er

unnu

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on;

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pies

on

disp

lay

publ

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d by

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ison

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lery

for

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an A

rt,

Phi

llips

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dem

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tist;

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rtes

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, New

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25. P

ost

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, C

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ne 1

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en p

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on p

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, ink

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artis

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28. P

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, ink

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29. P

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197

7 sc

reen

prin

t on

pap

er, i

nk, s

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0 po

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30.

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to M

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n,

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2 po

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is

31. T

arta

n P

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card

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card

s to

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jori

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trid

er,

1970

sc

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prin

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nk, s

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card

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arta

n P

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card

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ost

card

s to

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jori

e S

trid

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1970

sc

reen

prin

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nk, s

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hel

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m

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arta

n P

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card

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trid

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nk, s

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ence

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o O

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t on

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35. T

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ss o

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init

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orr

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on

den

ce

wit

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lin,

1974

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; 5

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, P

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refa

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1974

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an

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38. L

awn

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d S

po

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rea

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mer

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ajor

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port

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mal

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m

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for

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Art

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agen

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Fam

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dvis

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at A

spen

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mun

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ound

atio

n; H

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McN

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aus

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ily F

und;

and

Em

ily R

auh

Pul

itzer

.

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erou

s fu

ndin

g fo

r th

e pu

blic

atio

n is

pro

vide

d by

Sad

ie C

oles

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; P

aula

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per;

and

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rad

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cher

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erie

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al s

uppo

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as b

een

prov

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by

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erie

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leria

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omin

ique

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y G

alle

ry; a

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ngel

a W

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pero

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art

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pher

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ert,

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d B

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bbol

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rick

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t H

eld,

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n H

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eth

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n S

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c S

uper

ville

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ak, M

ax T

anno

ne, a

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ony

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i, fo

r th

eir

care

in h

andl

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and

inst

allin

g

the

wor

ks.

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er: C

arl A

ndre

, Unc

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cks,

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12 x

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inch

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x 30

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h. K

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fsbu

rg. P

hoto

: Hel

ge M

undt

, Ham

burg

. ©

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burg

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© C

arl A

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