Robert Morris (b.1931)

Details

Robert Morris (b.1931)

Plus and Minus Box

wood box, string, rubber, brass hinges and pulls
11 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 6 1/8in. (29 x 53.7 x 15.5cm.)

Executed in 1961

Provenance

The Green Gallery, New York
Mr and Mrs Robert C. Scull, Connecticut ( sale; Sotherby's, New York, 11 Nov 1986, lot 11)
The Mayor Gallery, London, from whom purchased by the present owner in 1988

Literature

M.Compton and D.Sylvester, Robert Morris, London 1971, pp.52 and 53 (illustrated)

Exhibited

New York, The Green Gallery, Robert Morris, 1963

Lot Essay

This work is one of Morris' first sculptures. It co-incided with his his move from San Francisco to New York. The relationship between sign and function are explored with the changing positive and negative appearance of the interior of the box when either of the lids are opened. The lids are marked with the plus and minus signs.

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