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Richard Nonas

American, 1936

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New Work in Black and White

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Bookworks

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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New Art for the New Year

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977–1978

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Seven

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Richard Nonas is an American sculptor working in stone, steel, and found materials to create geometric interventions in landscape and architectural space. His practice emerged from a background in anthropology, which informed his interest in how sculptural forms engage with site-specific spatial relationships and human navigation. Beginning in the 1970s, he developed a distinctive approach using minimal, often rectilinear elements that respond directly to their physical and social contexts rather than dominating them.

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No Title from The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren

1981 · Offset lithograph from an artist's book, offset printed with collage, stamp, gouache, pencil, and ink additions

composition (irreg.): 3 11/16 × 13 7/16" (9.3 × 34.2 cm); page (unfolded): 11 7/16 × 16 1/8" (29 × 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four Sheet Drawing

1977 · Oilstick on cream wove paper

Sight: 66 × 131.5 cm (26 × 51 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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"2 PEOPLE/2 PLACES/2 TIMES" from the portfolio DETAILS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WOOSTER STREET

1972

irreg composition 5 13/16 x 4 3/8" (14.8 x 11.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"2 MEN/2 PLACES" from the portfolio DETAILS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WOOSTER STREET

1972

irreg composition 5 3/8 x 10 1/4" (13.7 x 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"2 PEOPLE/2 PLACES" from the portfolio DETAILS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WOOSTER STREET

1972

irreg composition 6 1/8 x 10 13/16" (15.5 x 27.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"1 PERSON/1 PLACE" from the portfolio DETAILS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WOOSTER STREET

1972

irreg composition 8 13/16 x 13 1/8" (22.4 x 33.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"2 MEN/1 PLACE/1 DOG" from the portfolio DETAILS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WOOSTER STREET

1972

irreg composition 2 13/16 x 4 13/16" (7.2 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"2 PEOPLE/2 PLACES" from the portfolio DETAILS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WOOSTER STREET

1972

irreg composition 8 11/16 x 13 1/8" (22 x 33.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition New Work in Black and White

New York · 1981

Group Exhibition New Art for the New Year

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Bookworks

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Seven

New York · 1973