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Preview image of work. acrylic on canvas, Untitled (Had to) 26034

2013.21.4

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Untitled (Had to)

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Artist

Robert Barry (Brooklyn, NY, 3/9/1936 - )

Title

Untitled (Had to)

Creation Date

n.d.

Century

20th-early 21st century ?

Dimensions

26 x 26 x 1 1/2 in. (66.04 x 66.04 x 3.81 cm)

Object Type

painting

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

Credit Line

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

Copyright

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Accession Number

2013.21.4

Originally created around 1980, Robert Barry’s Untitled (Had To) “had to” be recreated by the artist in 1992 in the wake of damage to the original work. A close friend of the Vogels, Barry has dedicated his career to the development of conceptual art focused upon ideas. Recent paintings include monochromatic canvases featuring words or phrases. The letters do not conform to the plane of the canvas, encouraging the viewer to explore the edges, or limits, of the work itself, both literally and metaphorically.