Bruce Nauman
1941-
Untitled (Study for "Diamond Mind II")
1975
Graphite pencil on paper.
30 5/8 x 39 7/8 inches (778 x 1013 mm)
Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Collectors Committee.
© Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
2008.10
Notes:
This drawing is a study for a sculpture composed of twelve rhomboid blocks distributed in concentric circles, now in the collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. Arrows, corrections, and erasures document the artist's thought process through the particular space of the installation. Inscriptions on the drawing include not only practical instructions and dimensions but also a poetic text, which recalls Nauman's interest in language and wordplay.
Inscription:
Inscribed, "Diamond Mind/Circle of Tears/Fallen All Around me/Fallen Mind/Mindless Tears/Cut like a Diamond/Layout -/12 pc. stone 7 1/2 Rhomboids/Granite 15" on a side -".
Provenance:
Leo Castelli, New York; Nigel Greenwood, London; Sperone Westwater, New York.
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