Drawing for Vogel Shortline Sculpture Artist: Richard Nonas (American, 1936–2021)

1974

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

From the exhibition Many Things Placed Here and There: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery:


This work illustrates a two-part steel sculpture that Richard Nonas created for the Vogels. The sculpture was meant to be changed and modified throughout time, displaying the energy of a broken line, which can be  “preserved but [is] broken.” The drawing was not intended for the public but rather was a set of private instructions for the Vogels that illustrated the five ways in which the sculpture could be arranged on a floor or table. As Nonas has said, “It was the definition of the sculpture.” 


 

Medium

Graphite on 5 sheets of paper

Dimensions

sheet: 3 × 29 in. (7.6 × 73.7 cm)
sheet: 2 15/16 × 29 in. (7.5 × 73.7 cm)
sheet: 3 3/4 × 29 in. (9.6 × 73.7 cm)
sheet: 3 3/4 × 29 in. (9.6 × 73.7 cm)
sheet: 3 11/16 × 29 in. (9.4 × 73.7 cm)

Credit Line

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Accession Number

2009.67.25

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 176
Object copyright
Not Assigned
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Inscriptions

First sheet, verso LL in graphite, circled: "1" \r\nSecond sheet, verso LL in graphite, circled: "2"\r\nThird sheet, verso LL in graphite, circled: "3" \r\nFourth sheet, verso LL in graphite, circled: "4" \r\nFifth sheet, verso LL in graphite, circled: "5"\r\nFifth sheet, recto lower edge in graphite: "THE VOGEL SHORTLINE 1974 FOR HERB & DOROTHY"\r\n

Signed

Fifth sheet, recto LR in graphite: "Nonas 1974"

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