Robert Barry
Untitled, 1978
Diluted ink and graphite on paper
Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008

Image description: A square sheet of white paper with eight words in pencil and diluted ink written around the edges. The words are irregularly spaced and face in random directions. Beginning in the center at the top and moving clockwise, they read, “Until,” “So much,” “Evidently,” “Awhile,” “Again,” “Partial,” “Beginning,” and “Necessary.”