Nancy Holt, Untitled map drawing for Sun Tunnels (ca. 1975)
Colored pencil and tape on map
Two parts: 27 x 56 in. (68.6 x 142.2 cm) each

drawing on a map of the Great Basin in Utah

Nancy Holt, Untitled map drawing for Sun Tunnels (ca. 1975)
Colored pencil and tape on map
Two parts: 27 x 56 in. (68.6 x 142.2 cm) each

Nancy Holt, 10 Billion Barrels of Crude Oil (1986)

Pencil on paper

14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)

drawing on paper depicting the layout of an oil pipeline in Alaska with handwritten words along the path

Nancy Holt, 10 Billion Barrels of Crude Oil (1986)

Pencil on paper

14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)

Nancy Holt, Original site plan for Sky Mound (1986)
Color pencil on blueprint
41 x35 in. (104.1 x 88.9 cm)

Nancy Holt, Original site plan for Sky Mound (1986)
Color pencil on blueprint
41 x35 in. (104.1 x 88.9 cm)

Nancy Holt, Sky Mound: Sun Viewing Area as Seen from the New Jersey Turnpike (1985)

Graphite on paper

23 ½ in. x 47 ½ in. (59.7 x 120.7 cm)

a colored pencil drawing showing a site plan for skymound with paths, a pond, methane flames, and greenery.

Nancy Holt, Sky Mound: Sun Viewing Area as Seen from the New Jersey Turnpike (1985)

Graphite on paper

23 ½ in. x 47 ½ in. (59.7 x 120.7 cm)

Nancy Holt, Drawing for Positioning of Holes in the Perseus Constellation for “Sun Tunnels” (1975)

Graphite on paper

18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)

Nancy Holt, Drawing for Positioning of Holes in the Perseus Constellation for “Sun Tunnels” (1975)

Graphite on paper

18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)

Nancy Holt, Detach Here (detail) (1967)

Typewriter ink on paper

8 x 8 ½ in. (20.3 x 21.6 cm)

square piece of paper with the words "detach here" typewritten on each side of a box drawn with dashed lines

Nancy Holt, Detach Here (detail) (1967)

Typewriter ink on paper

8 x 8 ½ in. (20.3 x 21.6 cm)

Nancy Holt, The World Through a Circle (ca. 1970)

Typewriter ink on paper

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

framed typewritten paper with words in a circle shape above a paragraph poem

Nancy Holt, The World Through a Circle (ca. 1970)

Typewriter ink on paper

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawings (1972; 1971; 1973)

Pencil on paper

8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm); 17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm); 17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawings (1972; 1971; 1973)

Pencil on paper

8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm); 17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm); 17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm)

Nancy Holt, page from untitled sketchbook (ca. 1972)
Spiral-bound sketchbook with graphite on paper
9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)

Nancy Holt, page from untitled sketchbook (ca. 1972)
Spiral-bound sketchbook with graphite on paper
9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)

Nancy Holt, Village Triangle (1972)

Graphite pencil on paper

8 1.2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Nancy Holt, Village Triangle (1972)

Graphite pencil on paper

8 1.2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Nancy Holt

Preparatory drawing for East West Locators (ca. 1972)

Graphite pencil on paper
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (42.5 x 34.9 cm)

a frame pencil drawing for East West Locators

Nancy Holt

Preparatory drawing for East West Locators (ca. 1972)

Graphite pencil on paper
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (42.5 x 34.9 cm)

Writings by Holt

I Draw

By Nancy Holt

1987

I Draw:

to work out ideas

to present an overall concept

to give a feel of a work through a rendering

to make a master plan for blueprints

to map out a work in a site

to show contractors and engineers what I want

to give a sense of placement

to give a sense of scale

to indicate alignment of elements

to show changes in plan

to plan out patterns

to detail elements

How to cite

Originally published as an untitled work in Judy Collischan Van Wagner, Lines of Visions: Drawings by Contemporary Women (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989)