Nancy Holt, Village Triangle (1972)
Graphite pencil on paper
8 1.2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
Nancy Holt, Village Triangle (1972)
Graphite pencil on paper
8 1.2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
In this 1972 drawing, Nancy Holt develops an idea for an outdoor Locator work for a site she referred to as the “Village Triangle,” at the intersection of West 12th Street and Greenwich Avenue in New York City. She indicates that the three Locators are made of two-inch galvanized steel pipe and should be installed 40 feet apart, set in concrete in the ground. This site-specific sculpture remains unrealized.
This drawing depicts East-West Locators, first presented at the John Weber Gallery at 420 West Broadway in SoHo, New York City. In the drawing, Holt describes the Locators as “fixtures” and notes that she is “buying land so I can do permanent ones in different configurations outdoors.”
Twelve photographs of the horizon line correspond to twelve separate angles of sight, a foreshadowing of what will be the views from Holt’s majestic earthwork, Sun Tunnels.
