Donald Judd (1928–1994, American) was a leading figure in the art historical movement that has been characterized as Minimalism. The style emerged in New York in the 1960s and insisted on sculpture’s interaction with the exhibition space as well as the viewer. Artists who worked in this style utilized mass- produced forms and the process of repetition. Judd’s sixteen untitled etchings rely on repetition of the same primary box structure with varied configurations of interior planes. Exhibited in its entirety, the artist intended for the suite to be arranged horizontally or vertically and invites the viewer to consider new relationships that emerge with each iteration.
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections