Obituary: Donald Judd

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Donald Clarence Judd, sculptor: born Excelsior Springs, Missouri 3 June 1928; married 1964 Julie Finch (one son, one daughter; marriage dissolved); died New York City 12 February 1994.

THE SCULPTOR Donald Judd was a central figure in the group of American artists, including Carl Andre, Dan Flawin, Sol Lewitt and Robert Morris, who emerged in the mid-Sixties and who came to be known as Minimalists. Like most artists, Judd disliked the labels attached to him: he preferred "Empiricist" to Minimalist, and to him to be a "sculptor" meant to be a carver, which he decidedly was not.

Judd was an exceptionally intelligent, well-educated and articulate artist. He earned his …