Blind Time I
1973
Artist, American, 1931 - 2018

Artwork overview
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Medium
powdered graphite with plate oil and graphite inscription on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 88.9 x 116.8 cm (35 x 46 in.)
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Accession
2004.131.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Sonnabend Gallery, NY); purchased 2004 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 190.
Bibliography
2005
Criqui, Jean-Pierre. Robert Morris: Blind Time Drawings, 1973-2000. Prato, 2005.
Inscriptions
in graphite; lower left: WITH THE EYES CLOSED THE TEN / FINGERS MOVE OUTWARD FROM THE / TOP CENTER MAKING COUNTING / STROKES. TWO THOUSAND STROKES / ARE MADE IN AN ESTIMATED TWO / MINUTES. TIME ESTIMATION ERROR: + 45 SECONDS.; lower rt: R. Morris / 73
Wikidata ID
Q64629002