La Monte Young

Composition 1960 #10
1960

A rectangular card with typewritten text that reads "Composition 1960 #10 to Bob Morris. Draw a straight line and follow it. La Monte Young October 1960." The card has a white background and the text is aligned to the left.

A rectangular card with typewritten text that reads "Composition 1960 #10 to Bob Morris. Draw a straight line and follow it. La Monte Young October 1960." The card has a white background and the text is aligned to the left.

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Date
1960

Classification
Prints

Medium
Typewriter ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 8 9/16in. (8.6 × 21.7 cm)

Accession number
94.205.24

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Robert and Marilyn Wilson Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/38288

Part of a series:

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