I Draw
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
Untitled sketchbook
Nancy Holt
ca. 1972
Spiral-bound sketchbook with graphite on paper
9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
Nancy Holt kept various sketchbooks in which she worked through her ideas. This spiral-bound sketchbook from 1972 shows rough drawings for various Locator works, including the 1972 sculptures Dual Locators and Crossed Locators. Artists’ sketchbooks often reveal connections between works—this sketchbook also includes sketches for the room-sized installation Holes of Light (1974) and the video work Going Around in Circles (1973), which developed from these sculptures.
