Donald Judd untitled, 1992—93 / 2020

One of the most influential artists of the post-war period, Donald Judd radically transformed notions of the ‘visible’, developing a rigorous visual vocabulary that emphasises simple, mathematical proportions. This edition of twenty woodcut prints, composed of ten pairs, is one of the largest series of prints made by the artist. Each pair has one impression with a printed frame of colour and one where the same colour is reversed as the interior space of the frame. The dividing vertical and horizontal lines are specific to each pair, creating proportions of 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 and 1:5.

As in his three-dimensional works, the use of rectangular, elemental forms emphasises the primacy of colour, shape, and material. This set of prints is Judd’s most extensive use of colour in his print practice, with ten colours used across the set. As curator and art historian Rudi Fuchs has written, ‘He was of the opinion that the strict, clear form of a print should be the support for the spectacular, crystal clear and abstract colours.’