Untitled Artist: Robert Barry (American, born 1936)

1975

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 drawing and another from the previous year (2009.67.3) are the first works by Robert Barry to enter the Gallery’s collection. Barry is well known for conceptual works that challenge the notion of art as object. His art has consistently displayed a preoccupation with the spaces of art, beginning with his 1960s wall paintings and continuing with his text-based installations. The Vogels’ drawings by Barry illustrate the artist’s interest in language, which has become one of his principal concerns. Here, the decontextualized words invite the viewer to find meaning through free association.

Medium

Black and blue ink

Dimensions

sheet: 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (31.8 × 31.8 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

2009.67.4

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," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 172
Object copyright
Not Assigned
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Inscriptions

Verso UL in black ink: "75"

Signed

Verso LR in black ink: "RB"

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