Circumscription Drawings
Page numbers refer to the catalog Max Neuhaus: Evocare l'udibile (Milan: Charta, 1995).
The drawing with two panels, a visual image and a handwritten text, integrates two traditional forms
of communication to circumscribe something both invisible and indescribable. The image is not the drawing nor is the text: the drawing is what they synthesize together. When read in parallel, they evoke a central idea of the sound work, a point of departure
and a reference, for reflection. m.n.
1. p 27
Sound Work References:
Location: Rooftops of 137–141 Bowery, New York City
Dimensions: 100 x 60 meters
Extant: August 9–11, 1967
2. pp 28-29
Sound Work References:
Location: Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Dimensions: 4 x 3 x 20 meters
Extant: Fall, 1968
3. pp 30-31
Sound Work References:
Location: Jay Street Subway Station, Metropolitan Transit Authority Building, New York City
Dimensions: 30 x 14 x 5 meters
Proposed: 1971
Extant: 1973–1977
4. pp 34-35
Sound Work References:
Location: Old US Customs House Rotunda, New York City
Dimensions: elliptical rotunda, 20 x 60 x 15 meters
Extant: November 19–21, 1976
5. p 37
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Sound Work References:
Exhibition: Rooms, P.S.1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York City
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 11 meters; 11 x 15 x 11 meters
Extant: June 9–26, 1976
6. p 41
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Sound Work References:
Exhibition: Documenta 6
Location: Clearing in Karlsaue Park, Kassel, Germany
Dimensions: 30 meters in diameter
Extant: Summer–Fall, 1977
7. p 43
Sound Work References:
Collection: Since 2002, Dia Art Foundation, New York
Location: Pedestrian island between 46th and 45th Streets, New York City
Dimensions: triangle 6 x 12 meters
Proposed: 1973
Extant: 1977–1992 and 2002–Present
8. p 44-45
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Sound Work References:
Location: Abby Aldrich Sculpture Garden, Museum of
Modern Art, New York City
Dimensions: 60 x 20 meters
Extant: Summer, 1978
9. p 47
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Sound Work References:
Location: Stichting DeAppel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dimensions: 10 x 6 x 3 meters
Extant: September 27–30, 1978
10. p 51
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Sound Work References:
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Dimensions: 4 x 5 x 18 meters
Proposed: 1978
Extant: 1979–1989
11. pp 54-55
Sound Work References:
Location: The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York City
Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 11 meters
Extant: Fall, 1979
12. p 57
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Sound Work References:
Location: Botanical Garden, Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota
Dimensions: rotunda 30 x 20 meters
Extant: Summer 1980
13. pp 58-59
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Sound Work References:
Location: Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence,
Rhode Island
Dimensions: 8 x 16 x 3 meters
Extant: February 11 – March 10, 1983
14. p 61
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Sound Work References:
Location: Villa Celle, Pistoia, Italy
Dimensions: 120 x 60 meters
Extant: 1983–1990
15. pp 64-65
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Sound Work References:
Location: ARC 2, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Dimensions: 10 x 15 x 4 meters
Extant: May 6 – June 12, 1983
16. pp 76-77
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Sound Work References:
Location: Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Dimensions: 22 x 11 x 10 meters
Extant: October 2 – November 6, 1983
17. p 79
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Sound Work References:
Exhibition: Promenades, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Location: Pedestrian tunnel, Parc Lullin
Dimensions: 2 x 60 x 2 meters
Extant: June 9 – September 8, 1985
18. pp 66-67
Sound Work References:
Location: Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, Switzerland
Dimensions: 4 x 5 x 3 meters
Extant: 1986–1993
19. pp 68-69
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Sound Work References:
Location: Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Locmine, France
Dimensions: 120 x 200 meters
Proposed: 1985
Extant: 1986–1988
20. pp 38-39
Sound Work References:
Location: Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Dimensions: 8 x 16 x 5 meters
Extant: 1988–1990
21. pp 72-73
Sound Work References:
Location: CNAC, Magasin, Grenoble, France
Dimensions: 2 x 60 x 18 meters
Extant: February 28 – April 10, 1988
22. pp 84-85
Sound Work References:
Location: Roaring Fork River, Aspen, Colorado
Dimensions: 20 x 30 meters
Extant: Summer–Fall, 1988
23. p 87
Sound Work References:
Location: Park adjacent to Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Dimensions: 10 x 20 meters
Extant: 1989–1991
24. pp 88-89
Sound Work References:
Location: Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 3 meters
Extant: 1989–1992
25. pp 48-49
Sound Work References:
Exhibition: Einleuchten, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Dimensions: 14 x 8 x 11 meters; 14 x 8 x 11 meters
Extant: November 11, 1989 – February 18, 1990
26. pp 80-81
Sound Work References:
Location: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Dimensions: 6 x 8 x 3 meters
Extant: January 28 – April 22, 1990
27. pp 90-91
Sound Work References:
Location: Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
Dimensions: 7 x 6 x 4 meters; 7 x 6 x 4 meters;
6 x 6 x 4 meters
Extant: 1990–Present
28. pp 70-71
Sound Work References:
Location: Galleria Giorgio Persano, Milan, Italy
Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 4 meters
Extant: 1990–1993
29. pp 74-45
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Sound Work References:
Location: Lake Luzern, Switzerland
Dimensions: 150 x 100 meters
Extant: Summer–Fall, 1990
30. p 96
Sound Work References:
Exhibition: Documenta 9
Collection: Documenta
Location: AOK Building, Kassel, Germany
Dimensions: 7 x 16 x 3 meters; 7 x 16 x 3 meters;
7 x 16 x 3 meters
Extant: 1992–Present
31. p 94-95
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Sound Work References:
Location: CAPC Musée d'Art Moderne, Bordeaux, France
Dimensions: 3 x 10 x 4 meters; 3 x 10 x 4 meters
Extant: 1993–Present
32.
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Sound Work References:
Collection: Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Location: Piazza di Castello
Dimensions: 8 x 4 x 2 meters; 8 x 4 x 2 meters
Extant: 1996–Present
33.
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Sound Work References:
Collection: Swisscom, Worblaufen-Bern, Switzerland
Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 100 meters
Extant: 1999–Present
34.
Sound Work References:
Collection: Kunst im öffentlichen Raum die Stadt Bern
Location: Lorrainestrasse 1, Bern, Switzerland
Dimensions: 3 x 30 meters
Extant: 1999–Present
35.
Sound Work References:
Exhibition: 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Dimensions: 15 meters in diameter
Extant: Summer 1999
36.
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Sound Work References:
Exhibition: La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
Dimensions: 4 x 5 meters
Extant: Summer–Fall 2001
37.
Sound Work References:
Collection: The Estate of Max Neuhaus
Location: Saint Luc, Switzerland
Dimensions: 1.5 x 1.5 meters
Extant: 2002–Present
38.
Sound Work References:
Collection: Fonds Cantonale d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Location: Park, Promenade du Pin
Dimensions: 2.6 x 10 meters
Extant: 2002–Present
39.
Sound Work References:
Collection: Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Location: Kunsthaus am Landesmuseum Joanneum
Dimensions: 300 x 500 meters
Extant: 2003–Present
40.
Sound Work References:
Collection: Dia Art Foundation
Location: Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York
Dimensions: 200 x 800 meters
Extant: 2005–Present
Inaugurated: 2006
Eybesfeld, 2007
Sound Work References:
Collection: Conrad- Eybesfeld
Location: Estate of Bertran and Christine Conrad-Eybesfeld, Lebring, Austria
Dimensions: 4 x 5 meters
Extant: 2007–Present
42.
Sound Work References:
Collection: City of Pulheim
Location: Town Square, Stommeln-Pulheim, Germany
Dimensions: 137 x 54 meters
Extant: 2007-Present
43.
Sound Work References:
Sound Figure, 2007
Collection: The Menil Collection
Location: The Menil Collection, Houston
Dimensions: 4 x 4 meters
Extant: 2008-Present