Robert Irwin

Scrim veil-Black rectangle-Natural light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1977

A black and white photograph of an interior space with a glossy floor, featuring a large window through which a building exterior is visible. The room has a geometric ceiling pattern and is bisected by a dark horizontal line, possibly a handrail, creating a stark contrast between light and shadow.

A black and white photograph of an interior space with a glossy floor, featuring a large window through which a building exterior is visible. The room has a geometric ceiling pattern and is bisected by a dark horizontal line, possibly a handrail, creating a stark contrast between light and shadow.

Not on view

Date
1977

Classification
Installations

Medium
Cloth, metal, and wood

Dimensions
Overall: 144 × 1368 × 49in. (365.8 × 3474.7 × 124.5 cm)

Accession number
77.45

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
©Robert Irwen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/2240

Exhibitions

Robert Irwin: Scrim veil—Black rectangle—Natural light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1977)

June 27–Sept 1, 2013

Robert Irwin
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