Before he transitioned to work in three dimensions, Donald Judd (b. 1928, Excelsior Springs, MO, d. 1994, New York) began as a painter and an art critic, having studied philosophy and art history at Columbia University and painting at the Art Students League. In 1977, Judd established the ideas for the Judd Foundation and in 1986 he founded the Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati. For almost four decades, Judd exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia with his work in museum collections worldwide including Kunstmuseum Basel; Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Tate Gallery, London; and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, among many others. Major exhibitions of his work include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1968, 1988); the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1975); Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (1970, 1987–88); Tate Modern, London (2004); and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2020-2021).
Donald Judd
Untitled (12-R), 1981
wood-block in clear sugar pine wood
25 1/4 x 16 x 2 in. (64.1 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm)
stamped and dated verso
Donald Judd
Untitled, 1992-93
set of two woodcuts in purple and orange on Japanese Echizen paper
23 x 30 3/4 in. (58.4 x 78.1 cm)
Edition 24 of 30 + 13 AP + 1 PP
signed recto lower right; printer: Tadashi, Toda, Kyoto, Japan; publisher: Creative Works, Editions, Kyoto, Japan
Donald Judd
Untitled (Print H), 1961-1978
woodcut in black with cadmium red oilpaint on the reverse, on Frostlite vellum paper
paper: 20 5/8 x 25 1/16 in. (52.3 x 63.5 cm)
image: 12 x 13 1/4 in. (30.5 x 33.7 cm)
frame: 26 x 27 x 1 1/4 in. (66 x 68.6 x 3.1 cm)
Edition 10 of 25
printed by Roy C. Judd, Published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich
signed recto lower right “Judd” and on verso “RCJ”
Donald Judd
Untitled (1-L), 1961-69
woodcut in cadmium red on cartridge paper
paper: 30 1/2 x 22 in. (77.5 x 55.9 cm)
frame: 32 1/2 x 24 x 1 5/8 in. (82.6 x 61 x 4.1 cm)
AP, from an edition of 10 on cartridge paper and 10 on etching paper
Signed & dated verso bottom: "R.C.J, Don Judd, 1-L 0/10 61-69,
Artist's Proof - RCJ - 4/09"
Donald Judd
Untitled, 1989
douglas fir plywood
19 5/8 x 39 3/8 x 19 5/8 in. (49.8 x 100 x 49.8 cm)
signed PB stamped Judd/ Ballantine and dated verso lower left corner
Donald Judd
Untitled (Print "G"), 1961-1978
woodcut in ivory black on offset paper
paper: 22 x 30 1/4 in. (55.9 x 76.8 cm)
frame: 24 x 32 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (61 x 82.6 x 4.4 cm)
Edition of 25
signed & dated verso: “RCJ" - Print "G" Black 9/79
