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Untitled (Study for "Diamond Mind II")

Bruce Nauman
1941-

Untitled (Study for "Diamond Mind II")

1975
30 5/8 x 39 7/8 inches (778 x 1013 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
2008.10

Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Collectors Committee.

© Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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.
Inscriptions/Markings
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 -".
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings