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1 970 annual exhibition contemporary american sculpture december 12,1 970— february 7, 1 971

whitney museum of american art 945 madison avenue, new york

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Robert Hudson

Lyman Kipp

Dream Gauge

foreword

The Whitney Museum's Annual Exhibitions of Contemporary American Art have been held, in one form or another, since 1932. Work is selected by the Museum's staff and is invited, not juried. Following a tradition established by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney when the Museum was founded, no prizes are given; instead, a number of works are usually purchased from each Annual for the Museum's permanent collection. Today the exhibitions are devoted to painting and to sculpture in alternate years.

The purpose of the Annuals has always been to survey the current state of American art. Hence only recent works are shown. Hence, too, the geographical coverage is as wide as the Museum can make it. Aided by a Ford Foundation grant, the Museum's curators travel extensively to search out the most interesting paintings and sculpture being produced in various parts of the country.

But it has become more apparent every year that an exhibition of this size can no longer even approximate a cross section of the creative trends of the moment. The growing number of serious artists, the growing size of their works, and the growing tendency of both painting and sculpture to escape their traditionally-self-contained limits and become events in the environment— all militate against the possibility of a "fair" survey. Increas- ingly we have elected to concentrate (insofar as we are physically able) on presenting those new directions which seem to us to be generating the most creative excitement, as well as representing those established artists whose work has deepened, grown or changed in ways that contribute more than a repetition of past success to the development of our contemporary art.

John I. H. Baur, Director

whitney museum of american art

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Flora Whitney Miller, Chairman David M. Solinger, President Flora Miller Irving, Vice President

Alan H. Temple, Secretary and Treasurer

Arthur G.AItschul

John I. H. Baur

Armand G. Erpf

B. H. Friedman

Lloyd Goodrich

W. Barklie Henry

Susan Morse Hilles

Michael H. Irving

Howard W. Lipman

G. Macculloch Miller

Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller

Robert W.Sarnoff

Benno C. Schmidt

William M. White, Jr.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Founder Stephen E. Weil, Assistant Secretary

MUSEUM STAFF

John I. H. Baur, Director Lloyd Goodrich, Advisory Director Stephen E. Weil, Administrator Robert M. Doty, Curator Margaret McKellar, Executive Secretary and Registrar

James K. Monte, Associate Curator

Marcia Tucker, Associate Curator

Elke Solomon, Assistant Curator of Prints

Libby W. Seaberg, Librarian

Elizabeth Tweedy, Research and Cataloguer

David Hupert, Head, Education Department

Leon Levine, Public Relations

Margaret M. Watherston, Conservator

Wilbur C. Ashman, Controller Althea Borden, Personnel Supervisor Sally J. Kuhn, Executive Secretary, Friends of the Whitney Museum Doris Wilk Palca, Sales & Information Marie Appleton

John Murray, Building Manager John E. Martin, Head Preparator Robert F. Clark, Chief Security Officer

Barbara Chase-Riboud The Ultimate Ground

All addresses are in New York City unless otherwise

noted. The number in parentheses following address

indicates artist's dealer as listed under "Galleries."

Unless otherwise noted dimensions are in inches, height

preceding length or width.

Three works included in the exhibition are located

outside of the Museum. The locations are included in the

catalogue listing.

Most of the works in the exhibition are for sale. Prices

are available at the Information Desk.

1 Alice Adams b.1930

246 Bowery

Leaning Wall Wood, rubber

96x48x5 illus. p. 51

2 Peter Agostini b.1913

151 Avenue B (29 and 38) Ten Reinforced hydrocal 48x72

3 Carl Andre b.1 935

Box 540 Cooper Station Tau Wood 48x36x12

4 Stephen Antonakos b. 1 926 435 West Broadway (12) Untitled Glass, neon 72 x 48 x 60

5 Robert Arneson b. 1 930

281 West I Street, Benicia, Calif. Sinking Brick Plates Ceramic Each unit 22 (diameter) illus. p. 30

6 Richard Artschwager b. 1924 65 East Broadway (4) Untitled Fiber, wood

6 units 11 x 14x 10each

7 Mel Bochner b.1937 126 Chambers St. Untitled Mixed Media

6 (size variable)

Bill Bollinger b.1939 Box 111, Hillsdale, N.Y. Evergreen Joe Hemmis Wood 30x300 (diameter)

9 Louise Bourgeois b.191 1 347 West 20th St. (20) Noir Veine Marble 23 x 24 x 27 illus. p. 25

10 Marvin Brown b. 1943 171 Spring St.

Wind Sock, Between B and C: A Memorial Aluminum, masonite, wood 112x74x36

11 Alexander Calder b. 1898 Roxbury, Conn. (27)

The Snuck Sheet Metal 108 (height)

12 Vija Celmins b 1938

701 Venice Blvd., Venice, Calif. Untitled Wood, enamel 77x24 illus. p. 36

13 John Chamberlain b. 1927

Leo Castelli Gallery, 4 East 77th St.

Coco Wino Welded metal and industrial

paint

58 1/2 x 77 x 60%

14 Barbara Chase-Riboud b.1936

199 Rue de Vauglraud, Paris, France (31) The Ultimate Ground Aluminum 4x24x19 illus. p. 5

15 Chryssa b.1933 712 Madison Ave.

Birds Aluminum, plexiglas, neon 96x27V2 x39

16 Mary Corse b. 1945

3316 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. (14) Untitled Fluorescent light, plastic, wood 78 x 66 x 5

1 7 John De Andrea b. 1 941

4646 Grove St., Denver, Colo. (17)

Reclining Figure Polyester resin

polychromed in oil

20x78x20 illus. p. 27

Lent by Mr. and Mrs. David Bermant

18 Jose De Rivera b.1 904

40-40 24th St., Long Island City, N.Y. (2) Construction No. 127 Stainless steel 18x34x30 illus. p. 59

19 Mark DiSuverob. 1933

195 Front St. (14 and 21) XDelta Steel 132x216x120

20 John Duff b.1 943

143 Suffolk St. (37)

Tie Piece Cloth, Wood

45x82x72 illus. p. 46

21 Melvin Edwards b.1 937

209 East 2nd St.

Homage to Coco Painted Steel, barbed

wire

48x120x96 illus. p. 18

22 Frederick John Eversley b.1 941

1110 West Washington Blvd., Venice, Calif. Untitled Polyester resin 36x36x10 illus. p. 60

23 Jackie Ferrara b.1 929 1681/2 DelancySt.

Untitled Cotton batting, rope 78x40x22 illus. p. 24

24 Rafael Ferrer b.1 933

18 East Gorgas La., Philadelphia, Pa. (35) Untitled Leaves, trees, canvas, charcoal, rope, ladders 180x180x204 illus. p. 45

25 Dan Flavin b.1 933

Indian Brook Rd., Garrison, N.Y. Untitled (to the young woman and men murdered in Kent State and Jackson State Universities and to their fellow students who are yet to be killed) Fluorescent light 192x24

26 Mary Frank b.1 933

463 West St. (38)

Soul Catcher Ceramic

31 (height) illus. p. 15

Collection of Mrs. Robert M. Benjamin

27 Richard Friedberg b.1 943 15 Greene St.

Slater's Point Aluminum, polyester resin 18x192x102

28 David Gilhooley b.1 943

2912 McCallum, Regina, Sask., Canada Battle of the Angels Ceramic 26x10 (diameter) illus. p. 26

29 Robert Graham b.1 938

Sonnabend Gallery, 924 Madison Ave. Untitled Mixed media 9V2 x 24 x 24 illus. p. 26

30 Nancy Graves b.1 940

164 Mulberry St.

Shaman Latex, steel, muslin, paint

204x144x144 illus. p. 43

38 Daniel La Rue Johnson b. 1938

P.O. Box 101 , Prince St. Station (26)

Ornette Coleman Force Number 1 , Augmented

120x10x21/2

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34

35

36

37

Scott Griegerb. 1946

8961 Lindley Ave., North Ridge, Calif. Impersonations Photographs 15 units, each 71/2 x 101/4

Ira Joel Haberb.1 947

105 West 27th St.

Box with House and Six Trees

media

5x12x71/4 illus. p. 33

Mixed

Duane Hanson b.1925

17BleekerSt. (17)

Tourists Fiberglas, polyester polychromed

64x65x47 illus. p. 31

Robert Hubbard b.1928

West Rd., Little Compton, R.I.

Series VIII, Number II Wood, lacquer

36 (length)

Robert Hudson b.1938

P.O. Box 153, Stinson Beach, Calif. (13 & 36)

Dream Steel, wood, aluminum and

thermometer

42x169x241/4 illus. cover

Richard Hunt b.1 935

1503 N. Cleveland Ave., Chicago, III. (9) Cross Section with Wing Form Steel 60x29x14

Laurace James b.1936

190-A Duane St.

Iron Year Hemp, polypropoline, steel,

wood, manila

(size variable) illus. p. 40

39 Don Juddb. 1928

53 East 19th St. (4)

Untitled Stainless steel, plexiglas

10 units, each 9x40x31 illus. p. 55

40 Lyman Kipp b.1 929

North Salem, N.Y. Gauge Painted wood 120x48x48 illus. p. 2

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Gabriel Kohnb. 1910

10806 Ventura Blvd., N. Hollywood, Calif.

Ventura XI Wood

20 x 223/4 x18V2

Haydn Larson b.1 946

A Clean Well-Lighted Place, 600 West 12th St., Austin, Texas Untitled Steel 14x35 illus. p. 47

Marilyn Lerner b.1 942

262 Bowery (19)

Images of Puerto Rico

rubber

24x66 illus. p. 16

Painted wood and

Barry LeVa b.1 941

74 Grand St.

Cleaved Wall Steel and wood

150x360

Mon Levinson b.1 926

Komblee Gallery, 58 East 79th St. The Source III Cast acrylic 60x120x51/4

46 Jean Under b. 1938 164 Mulberry St.

Dome Number 1 Polyethelene 48x96x96 illus. p. 22

47 Seymour Lipton b.1903 302 W. 98th St. (22)

Bed Nickel silver on monel metal 32V2x 69x36 illus. p. 21

48 Robert Lobe b.1 945

76 Jefferson St. (3)

Untitled Wood and rubber

72x54x12

49 John McCracken b. 1934

20 E. 17th St. (32)

Untitled Wood, fiberglas, polyester resin

93/4 x101/2 x81/4 illus. p. 54

50 James Melchert b.1930

6077 Ocean View Drive, Oakland, Calif. Pattern for a formal Q Fiberglas 57 (height) illus. p. 35

51 Mary Miss b. 1944

15 Jay Street Untitled Wood 42 x 240 x 36

52 G. E.Moore b.1 942

300 29th St., Boulder, Colo. Stuffed Square Rubber, gravel 64x64x16

53 Robert Morris b.1 931

186 Grand St. (4) Untitled Mixed media 96x144x144

55 Robert Murray b.1 936

66 Grand St. (36)

Float Painted aluminum and steel

281/2 x 84

56 Forrest Myers b.1 941

238 Park Ave. South (6)

Mantis Cor-Ten and stainless steel

102x120x108 illus. p. 57

57 Bruce Nauman b. 1941

167 N. Orange Grove, Pasadena, Calif. (4)

Untitled Wood, composition board, video

camera

144x384

Lent by Dr. and Mrs. Giuseppe Panza

58 Manuel Neri b. 1935

Quay Gallery, 2 Jerome Alley, San Francisco,

Calif.

Five Stages of Percopolis Fiberglas, metal

and wood

Eachunit24x36x11/2 illus. p. 12

59. Isamu Noguchi b 1904

33-38 10th St., Long Island City, N.Y. (7) Woman with Holes II Marble 40x21x16 illus. p. 14

60 Kenneth Noland b. 1 924

South Shaftsbury, Vt. (30) Jenny Oak, steel, bronze 168x192x971/4

61 Claes Oldenburg b.1929 404 E. 14th St. (18)

Sculpture: Trowel II, Scale A, Blue Aluminum, enamel, wood, earth 96 x 24 x 26

54 Ree Morton b.1 936

1826 Chelsea Rd., Melrose Park, Pa. No Title Wood 14x120x24 illus. p. 52

62 Dennis Oppenheim b.1 938

John Gibson Gallery, 27 East 67th St. (26) Aspen Projects Film and related hardware 240x180

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63 Alfonso Ossorio b. 1916

The Creeks, East Hampton, N.Y. (7) Range Mixed media 77x50x28 illus. p. 39

64 Kenneth Price b. 1935

2360 So. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. (24, 36 and 37) Untitled Ceramic 3V2 x 27V2 x 83/4

65 Peter Reginato b.1945 60 Greene St. (8)

La Pompelle Steel 191/2x 22x22 illus. p. 20

66 George Rickey b. 1907

East Chatham, N.Y. (34)

Two Planes Vertical Horizontal II Stainless

steel

162 (height)

67 Jim Roche b.1 943

514 West 10th St., Dallas, Texas (5) Transvestite Mama Ceramic, lacquer 60 (height)

68 Dorothea Rockburne

126 Chambers St.

Sign Chipboard, graphite, paper, oil

(Size variable)

69 Robert Rohm b. 1934

26 Lake St., Wakefield, R.I. (17)

Untitled-March 8 (Horizontal Center Hold)

Rope

96x240x36 illus. p. 41

70 Allen Ruppersberg b. 1944

7507 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.

Four dinners from "Al's Cafe" Mixed

media

4 units, each 12 (diameter)

Lent by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

71 BettyeSaarb.1929

8074 Willow Glen Rd., Los Angeles, Calif. Omen Mixed media 13 x 9% x 23/4

72 Lucas Samaras b. 1 936 52 W. 71st St. (25)

Chair Transformations Mixed media (Size variable) illus. p. 28

73 ItaloScanga b.1932

2225 Menlo Ave., Glenside, Pa. Untitled Wood, soap, horn, glass 12x32x24 illus. p. 48

74 George Segal b. 1924

RFD #4 Davidson Mills Rd., North Brunswick, N.J. (18)

Man on Scaffold Plaster, wood, metal 144x96x60 illus. p. 29

75 Richard Serrab. 1939

319 Greenwich Ave. (4) 7o Encircle Base Plate. Located at 184th St. and Webster Ave., Bronx, N.Y. Steel 360 (diameter)

76 Joel Shapiro b. 1941 595 West End Ave. (6)

Shelf Pieces Mixed media Each unit 12x24x5 illus. p. 53

77 Richard Shaw b. 1944

Stinson Beach, Calif. (28) Restaurant Piece Mixed media 30 (height)

78 EdShostakb.1941

76 Jefferson St. (14) Bloomin' Aluminum, wood 72x180x96

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79 George Smith b. 1942

1362 Grand Concourse, Bronx, N.Y. (26) Immortal Mixed media 72x60 illus. p. 44

80 Tony Smith b. 191 2

66 Stanley Rd., East Orange, N.J. (20) Untitled Bronze 78x55x78 illus. p. 56

81 Robert Smithson b.1938 799 Greenwich St. (10)

Spiral Jetty at Great Salt Lake, Utah Black rock, salt crystals, earth, red water (algae) Coil 1500 feet long by approximately 15 feet wide illus. p. 63

82 Kenneth Snelson b.1 927

36 W. 26th St. (10)

Mon Fiche Microfilm

19x19x19

83 Keith Sonnierb. 1941

105 Mulberry St. (4)

Untitled. Located on roof at 105 Mulberry St.

Amplified sound

(Size variable) illus. p. 37

84 Michael Steiner b.1945

462 Broome St. (22)

Sepia Vista Cor-Ten steel

91/2x 208x165 illus. p. 17

85 Sylvia Stone b.1 928

138 Prince St.

Green Fall Plexiglas, stainless steel

70x210x60 illus. p. 61

86 Marjorie Strider b.1 935

113 Greene St.

Window Work Urethane foam, Venetian

blinds

57x157x24 illus. p. 49

87 George Sugarman b.1 91 2 21 Bond St.

Model for Trio Upson Board 27x81x32 illus. p. 19

88 Michael Tetherow b.1 942

67 Greene St. No title Steel 96x48

89 Mike Todd b.1 935

172 Neptune St., Encinitas, Calif. Chui Aluminum 94x164x122 illus. p. 62

90 Anne Truitt b.1 921

3506 35th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (1 1 ) Landfall Painted wood 72 x 24 x 24

91 DeWain Valentine b.1 936

69 Market St., Venice, Calif. (1 ) Concave Circle Cast polyester resin 94x94x12 illus. p. 58

92 Richard Van Buren b.1 937

262 Bowery (3)

Untitled Mixed media

111x180x50 illus. p. 23

93 Ellen Van Fleet b.1 944

Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, LaJolla, Calif. Wall Weaving Mixed media 68x132x56 illus. p. 42

94 Peter Voulkos b.1 924

1306 Third St., Berkeley, Calif. (28) Untitled Bronze, aluminum 96 (height)

95 H. C. Westermann b.1 922

Box 28, Brookfield Center, Conn. (13) Phantom in a Wooden Garden Wood 28x361/2 x18% illus. p. 38

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96 William T.Wiley b.1 937

Box 654, Woodacre, Calif. (13)

Outrageous Extension Peace Mixed media

48x123x23 illus. p. 50

97 Christopher Wilmarth b.1 943

144WoosterSt. (6)

Second Everly Glass, metal

12x168x18 illus. p. 48

98 May Wilson b.1 905

208 W. 23rd St.

The Chiropractor's Wife

15x16x6 illus. p. 32

Mixed media

99 Jacqueline Winsor b. 1941 141 Canal St. Double Circle Hemp 19x56x56 illus. p. 34

Manuel Neri Five Stages of Percopolis

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galleries collections

1 Ace, Los Angeles Mrs. Robert M. Benjamin

2 Grace Borgenicht Gallery Mr. and Mrs. David Bermant

3 Bykert Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art

4 Leo Castelli Gallery Dr. and Mrs. Giuseppe Panza

5 A Clean Well Lighted Place, Austin, Texas

6 Paula Cooper Gallery

7 Cordier & Ekstrom Inc.

8 Tiborde Nagy Gallery

9 Dorsky Gallery

10 Dwan Gallery

11 Andre Emmerich Gallery

12 Fishbach Gallery

13 Allan Frumkin Gallery

14 Noah Goldowsky Gallery and Richard Bellamy

15 John Gibson Gallery

16 Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco

17 O.K. Harris Works of Art

18 Sidney Janis Gallery

19 Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit

20 M. Knoedler&Co., Inc.

21 Lo Giudice Gallery, Chicago

22 Marlborough Gallery

23 Milgo Art Systems

24 Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles

25 Pace Gallery

26 Reese Palley

27 Perls Gallery

28 Quay Gallery, San Francisco

29 Stephen Radich Gallery

30 Lawrence Rubin Gallery

31 Bertha Schaefer Gallery

32 Sonnabend Gallery

33 SperoneGalleria, Milan

34 Staempfli Gallery

35 M. E. Thelen Gallery, Cologne

36 Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco

37 David Whitney Gallery

38 Zabriskie Gallery

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Isamu Noguchi Woman with Holes II

14

Mary Frank Soul Catcher

Marilyn Lerner Images of Puerto Rico

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Michael Steiner Sepia Vista

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Melvin Edwards Homage to Coco

George Sugarman Model for Trio

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Peter Reginato La Pompelle

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Seymour Lipton Bed

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Jean Linder Dome Number 1

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Richard Van Buren Untitled

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Jackie Ferrara Untitled

Louise Bourgeois Noir Veine

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left Robert Graham Untitled

below David Gilhooley Battle of the Angels

opposite John De Andrea Reclining Figure

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George Segal Man on Scaffold

Lucas Samaras Chair Transformations

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opposite Tourists Duane Hanson

Robert Arneson Sinking Brick Plates

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May Wilson The Chiropractor's Wife

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Ira Joel Haber Box with House and Six Trees

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Jacqueline Winsor Double Circle

James Melchert Pattern for a formal a

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Vija Celmins Untitled

H. C. Westermann Phantom in a Wooden Garden

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Robert Rohm Untitled— March 8, 70 (Horizontal Center Hold)

Ellen Van Fleet Wall Weaving

Nancy Graves Shaman

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George Smith Immortal

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John Duff Tie Piece

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Forrest Myers Mantis

Tony Smith Untitled

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