Untitled

Untitled

Lawrence Weiner

1980

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sheet is covered in rough sketches and handwritten notes. There’s a grid of small red rectangles arranged in rows, a slanted shape with a single red square inside, and a few blank boxes with text like *"an object made to assemble/disassemble."* Some words are circled or crossed out, and the whole thing looks like a mix of instructions and doodles. The notes seem to describe how to build something using basic shapes and rules—like a game or a puzzle. The artist might have been testing ideas for how objects relate to instructions. Check out Lawrence Weiner to see how he turned words into art.

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