Tetrode-Pentode from Electrode Series (Plan View for Sculptures)

Together with Richard Serra and Eva Hesse, Barry Le Va belongs to a group of American sculptors who, in the late 1960s and 1970s, developed a form of art referred to as Process Art for its emphasis on the physical act of creation over the final result. In his early work Le Va typically scattered various materials across the floor in installations which, although seemingly haphazard, were based on a preconceived plan. Le Va's drawings played a major role in this practice and resemble architectural floor plans, maps, or diagrams. The artist has compared them to visual scores. The present drawing, from a series of studies for sculptures using electrical circuits as models, has the characteristic elegance of Le Va's works on paper.