Carl Andre, set of four Yucatan poems, 1972

Four xerox copies with black and red typescript on thick paper, 28 x 21.7 cm. From the series of 26 Yucatan poems, numbered YUCA 44-70, with xerox copies numbered X 1-26. All works are monogrammed and dated by the artist '©1972@' on verso in lower right corner, with the poem number listed in pencil in the lower left corner, and the xerox copy number in the extreme lower right corner. The Yucatan poems exist in several versions: the original, carbon copies, and xeroxes. These photocopies were executed by Carl Andre's former wife Rosemarie Castoro in 1993 in an edition of 6 copies. An estimated maximum of 20 xerox sets were produced in total by Andre and Castoro.

The poems were acquired at Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre in Paris, where they were shown during the exhibition 'Carl Andre/Passport 1960/Yucatan 1972' in 1997. Included are the following typewriter poems: (1) DEPARTUOUTFIT (..) YUCA 60/X 16. (2) DEPAROUTFIRANCH (..) YUCA 62/X 18. (3) SUNDAYMASSGRANDPROCESSION (..) YUCA 63/X 19. (4) AAAAAAAAAAJJJJJJJHHHHHHHHOO (..) YUCA 64/X 20. The works are in very good condition. (total 4) Carl Andre's Yucatan poems are appropriated from chapter headings of Vol. II of John L. Stephens' 'Incidents of Travel in the Yucatan' of 1848. The artist rearranged the words in grid-like formations echoing his three-dimensional work.