Untitled from Eight Variations for Galerie Heiner Friedrich (Acht Variationen für die Galerie Heiner Friedrich)

1971 - 1973

Fred Sandback

Associated Names
Fred Sandback

Artist, American, 1943 - 2003

Edition Heiner Friedrich, Munich

Publisher

The image shows thin black lines forming outlines of geometric shapes on a bright yellow background. The lines create abstract rectangles and cubes intersecting at various points, resembling a transparent maze or framework. The arrangement suggests walls and corners, similar to an architectural blueprint. The design is minimalist and abstract, with straight lines and no fill.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    one from a portfolio of eight screenprints on yellow paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lannan Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39.1 × 47.9 cm (15 3/8 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.94.20.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sandback Archive (online), no. 1973.04

Associated Artworks

See all 8 artworks
The image shows a series of thin black lines creating an abstract geometric form against a vibrant yellow background. The shapes intersect and overlap to create a design resembling an unfinished house blueprint or a transparent architectural model, with rectangular forms suggesting walls, corners, and passageways. The abstract nature of the image allows for different perspectives, inviting viewers to see it as a collection of open boxes or as a minimalist interpretation of a three-dimensional structure.

Untitled from Eight Variations for Galerie Heiner Friedrich (Acht Variationen für die Galerie Heiner Friedrich)

Fred Sandback, Edition Heiner Friedrich, Munich

1971

Untitled from Eight Variations for Galerie Heiner Friedrich (Acht Variationen für die Galerie Heiner Friedrich)

Fred Sandback, Edition Heiner Friedrich, Munich

1971

The image displays simple, clean lines forming geometric shapes on a bright yellow background. The abstract composition resembles an incomplete three-dimensional structure, similar to an open-frame box or a building's skeleton. The overlapping lines and shapes create a sense of depth, suggesting architectural forms in an abstract manner.

Untitled from Eight Variations for Galerie Heiner Friedrich (Acht Variationen für die Galerie Heiner Friedrich)

Fred Sandback, Edition Heiner Friedrich, Munich

1971

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Exhibitions 2D, Marfa, TX); Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM, 11 October 2004; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Sandback '71-3" lower right margin, graphite. "46/50" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.

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