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Untitled #2

1973
Not on view
Here Pindell inscribed numbers onto punched dots and then pasted them onto a sheet of graph paper. The dots sit uncomfortably in the grid of squares, creating an ordered but dense thicket of visual information. Pindell’s numerical notations appear purposeful, perhaps even algorithmic, but they amount to nothing but diagrammatic babble, taunting our desire to make sense of—to rationalize—their content.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Untitled #2
  • Artist: Howardena Pindell (American, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1943)
  • Date: 1973
  • Medium: Collage of pen and black ink and punched paper on graph paper
  • Dimensions: 22 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. (56.5 × 44.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of the Department Gifts and matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.185.2
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Howardena Pindell
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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