MINUS, 2015

9" x 12", Acrylic on paper, $5,000

KALTENBACH ANNOTATIONS:  These works were what I called Micro Minimalist Manifestos. The conceptual basis referred to here was the continued distillation of Minimalism: the search for a spirit or essence. I had been in New York since September - three months. By then, one intended function of much of my work was to announce a direction I was pursuing. My November, 1970 Wall Paintings were part of that intention as was the work, MINUS, which was to be painted on the big wall of the ‘young artist’s room at the Whitney opposite the door. This was to occur during my proposed incarceration there. That didn’t happen as Marcia Tucker chose a different one of the 5 proposals I submitted for my show.

I constantly worked to shrink the minimum amount of information that could be revealed and still exist as a work of art. The Secret piece in the Art of Money show was one of these.

WORKS THAT RELATE TO MINUS:

Secret Work (from the Art of Money show), 1969.

What is offered:  

1. Artist’s statement: This is the secret work that was in the Art of Money show, Chelsea Gallery, New York City, N.Y. 1969. This work was hidden rather than shown. It was placed in a safe deposit box for the duration of the show. This is a secret work which will never be revealed.

2. As owner you will have a certificate of authenticity and a bill of sale which may be shown with the artist’s statement. You will own the piece but will never know what it is. (This art work may be shown and can be made available for art historical research.)

Price on request

Grey Wall Painting, 1967

18" x 24", acrylic and ink on vellum,  Price on Request

One page (with Kaltenbach's proposals to Marcia Tucker) from the Room Alterations exhibition pamphlet from the Whitney Museum of American Art

Room Alterations Whitney Pamphlet,  (1969/2007)

signed & numbered, edition of 10  – $100.00