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This article at artnet Magazine, with its numerous pictures, can be accessed directly by clicking on:
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/mason/donald-judd-studio-restoration5-29-09.asp
ARTNET DESIGN
by Brook S. Mason
The artist with the most homes, studios and incubation sites preserved worldwide? Donald Judd (1928-1994) wins hands down with a total of 16 living and working spaces preserved by the Judd Foundation in New York and Marfa, Texas.
Now the Judd Foundation has just garnered another feather in its cap by winning unanimous support for its plan to restore the artist’s 19th-century home and studio in Manhattan’s SoHo district from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission. That five-story cast iron building, located at 101 Spring Street, is one of the 16 Judd sites, which comprise more than 126,000 square feet in all. The other properties are the artist’s homes and studios in Marfa, plus three ranches in the nearby Chinati mountain range.
For the record, the 16 properties include: 101 Spring Street, the Architecture Studio, The Bank, Cobb House, Whyte Building, Architecture Building, Architecture Office, Ranch Building, Ranch Office, La Mansana de Chinati/The Block, Print Building, Art Studio, Casa Morales, Casa Perez and Las Casas.
The ever-prescient Judd purchased the SoHo building in 1968 for a rock-bottom price and it’s now considered the birthplace of his conceptual take on "permanent installation." Restoration of that house -- which includes a rare mural by painter David Novros -- is expected to take three years. Unfortunately, the building is closed in the meantime.
Will this latest preservation effort of Judd’s legacy nudge up his prices at auction? Bet on it.
That Judd property is one of the founding sites of Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios, a consortium of 30 of America’s most significant artists’ spaces that are open to the public. For the entire HAHS listing, click here
BROOK S. MASON is U.S. correspondent for the Art Newspaper, and also writes for the Financial Times and other publications.
Footnote by GL Rowsey on 06.04.009: This is the third in a series of weekly pieces here at OEN from artnet’s Magazine. The previous two pieces can be accessed directly at artnet by clicking on the following URL’s:
“Great Artists Steal, an article by Jerry Saltz,” at: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/saltz5-18-09.asp
And
“Sacred Monster by Jerry Saltz, an artnet Magazine Article about Francis Bacon,” at:
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/francis-bacon5-27-09.asp
