Untitled, 1975

Over four decades, minimalist sculptor Sandback translated his spatial ideas from three to two dimensions using the visual and technical capabilities unique to printmaking. Sandback’s graphic works draw particular attention to the concept of the line itself and its unique potential in relation to space. Beyond its geometric function, Sandback emphasized that a line represents “a whole, an identity, for a particular place and time,” a distinct entity that “mediates the quality or timbre of a situation.” Sandback brought inventiveness, pictorial elegance, and pure skill to his printmaking endeavors, creating a body of work of lasting importance.