Untitled / Plywood Piece (DJ 26 (84-34))

Space was of utmost importance to Donald Judd. In Untitled space between the six wooden boxes is an inherent quality of the work. Judd was clearly interested in seriality. Rows, progressions, and repetitions as seen here are systems that often reoccur in his body of work. Regular patterns imply that the series could continue infinitely. This negates the possibility of a culminating point in the artwork. Judd wanted to avoid a balancing act of individual components and he accomplished this with total symmetry. This particular object relates to a series of work by Judd that incorporates sloping planes. Each of the six open box units mounted on the wall has its back plane placed at various vertical angles. The shifting positions of the planes provide deviations from the dependence on right angles strongly present in Judd's objects. Like most of his works Untitled was industrially manufactured under the artist's supervision.