Plate (folio 16) from Book AC
Dieter Roth
Swiss, born Germany. 1930–1998
1958-64, published 1964
A page from Dieter Roth’s artist’s book made as a die-cut sheet of paper that isolates three identical gray horizontal bars to explore repetition, negative space, and the book as a sculptural object.
You first notice a broad white square pierced at its center by three quietly identical gray rectangles, their strict spacing and generous margins turning the page into a minimalist field.
Part of 1960s experiments that treated books as artworks, this die-cut plate reduces image to rhythm and space and helped push printmaking and the book toward objecthood and viewer interaction.
Medium
One from an artist's book of twenty-four die-cuts
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 6 5/8 x 7 15/16" (16.9 x 20.2cm); sheet: 16 x 16" (40.7 x 40.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Monroe Wheeler Fund
Accession
584.1966.14
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