Site Sculpture Project - Air Marker Piece, The Contrails from Three Jet Airplanes (Flying Simultaneously) Will Mark the Space between Vancouver, B.C. and St. Johns, Newfoundland, Portland Ore., and Halifax N.S., Eureka, Calif. and New York City. (All Planes Will Leave at the Same Time from the West Coast)

1968

Douglas Huebler

Associated Names
Douglas Huebler

Artist, American, 1924 - 1997

This is a photograph of a map with annotations. The image shows a section of a map focusing on North America, displaying geographical features and borders. Hand-drawn elements and annotations overlaid on the map include lines and notes written in pen. The lines span the map horizontally, likely to connect multiple locations, while the annotations reference various locations and concepts. The overall aesthetic blends cartography with artistic intervention.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    colored felt-tip pen and colored pencil on photocopied map on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.6.333


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 43.

1997

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (formerly Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery), University of Texas, Austin, 1997.

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, 1997.

Bibliography

1975

  • Painting, Drawing and Sculpture of the '60s and the '70s from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1975: p. 11.

1994

  • From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 43.

Inscriptions

across bottom in black ink: SITE SCULPTURE PROJECT - AIR MARKER PIECE / THE CONTRAILS FROM THREE JET AIR PLANES (FLYING SIMULTANEOUSLY) / WILL MARK THE SPACE BETWEEN VANCOUVER, BC AND ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND, / PORTLAND ORE, AND HALIFAX, N.S, EUREKA, CALIE AND NEW YORK CITY, / (ALL PLANES WILL LEAVE AT THE SAME TIME FROM THE WEST / COAST) / DESIGNED MAY 1968 / Douglas Huebler


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