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, Untitled Locator drawing (1972)

Pencil on paper

8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawing (1972)

Pencil on paper

8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawing (1973)

Pencil on paper

17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawing (1973)

Pencil on paper

17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawing 1971)

Pencil on paper

17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm)

Nancy Holt, Untitled Locator drawing 1971)

Pencil on paper

17 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (43.8 × 51.4 cm)

1970—1972

Untitled drawings for Locators

Nancy Holt

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 developed various ideas for her Locators through drawings. These three drawings from 1971, 1972, and 1973 show how she tested potential relationships between the apparatus of the Locator and corresponding Loci—the term she used for the focus point of vision. Holt was interested in the mechanics of vision and the difference position makes to seeing. Her elliptical Loci form perfect circles when viewed through the Locator. In a 1983 interview, she noted that “The very first Locators always looked out and brought the outside world back into the interior. Later, I got more interested in sight itself, the shape of sight, and the concretizing of vision.”

Untitled drawings for Locators

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