The Way North, East, South, West (Uncarved Blocks)

1975

Carl Andre

Sculptor, American, 1935 - 2024

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    western red cedar (five blocks)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Agnes Gund

  • Dimensions

    each unit: 91.44 x 30.48 x 30.48 cm (36 x 12 x 12 in.)
    overall installed: 91.44 × 152.4 × 152.4 cm (36 × 60 × 60 in.)

  • Accession

    1992.83.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(John Weber Gallery, New York);[1] purchased 1976 by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; by exchange to Konrad Fischer; purchased by (Sperone Westwater Fischer, Inc., New York); purchased August 1978 by Agnes Gund, New York; gift (partial and promised) 1992 to NGA; gift completed 2016.
[1] Provenance according to records from the Agnes Gund Collection, copies in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Abstraction in the Twentieth Century: Total Risk, Freedom, Discipline, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996, no. 181, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63860755

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