Donald Judd - Design New York Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, London

  • Literature

    Donald Judd, Donald Judd Furniture Retrospective, exh. cat., Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 53
    Donald Judd A good chair is a good chair, exh. cat., Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK, & Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, 2010, throughout for similar examples

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present lot is one of approximately 29 “Corner Chairs” produced during Donald Judd’s lifetime and one of only two in Trafc Yellow.

  • Artist Biography

    Donald Judd

    American • 1928 - 1994

    Donald Judd came to critical acclaim in the 1960s with his simple, yet revolutionary, three-dimensional floor and wall objects made from new industrial materials, such as anodized aluminum, plywood and Plexiglas, which had no precedent in the visual arts. His oeuvre is characterized by the central constitutive elements of color, material and space. Rejecting the illusionism of painting and seeking an aesthetic freed from metaphorical associations, Judd sought to explore the relationship between art object, viewer and surrounding space with his so-called "specific objects." From the outset of his three-decade-long career, Judd delegated the fabrication to specialized technicians. Though associated with the minimalist movement, Judd did not wish to confine his practice to this categorization.

     

    Inspired by architecture, the artist also designed and produced his own furniture, predominantly in wood, and eventually hired a diverse team of carpenters late in his career.

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"Corner Chair #46," 1990

Traffic Yellow enameled aluminum.
29 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (74.9 x 50.2 x 50.2 cm)
Manufactured by Janssen C.V., the Netherlands. The underside of one shelf impressed with DJ 11 90.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

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New York 17 December 2013 2pm