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MORRIS, Robert (American, 1931-2018). Untitled (From the Firestorms Series). 1982. Signed and dated lower right in margin. Charcoal, ink, graphite and airbrushed pigment on stiff paper laid to linen. Three contiguous vertical panels. 76 x 150”. Each single panel is 76 x 50”. Robert Morris was an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was regarded as having been one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism along with Donald Judd, but also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement, and installation art. During the later 1970s, Morris switched to figurative work, a move that surprised many of his supporters. Themes of the work were often fear of nuclear war. Firestorms is part of that body of work. “Inside the volume of two handfuls a gas with the density of meal expands faster than any known thing in the Universe. Giving up its binding force of energy a small chunk of dull gray metal rearranges itself into every nameable element. Time is drawn backwards into the void for an instant as matter is emptied into energy. Outside streetcar rails melt and roof tiles boil as the city shudders for an instant before bursting pressures and ensuing firestorms. Not all life is obliterated. A burnt and naked man stands on a black riverbank holding his eyeball in his palm unable to see the beauty the reversing the Universe held for some.” Previous from the placard describing another work from the series: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Unusual patterns and textures inherent. Smudges in margins overall. Good condition. Third-party shipping required.