Sol LeWitt - Editions New York Wednesday, June 8, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Verlag Kornfeld S2; Tate Gallery S2

  • Artist Biography

    Sol LeWitt

    American • 1928 - 2007

    Connected to the Conceptual and Minimalist art movements of the 1960s and '70s, the artist and theorist Sol LeWitt was a pivotal figure in driving 'idea' art into the mainstream art discourse. Redefining what constituted a work of art and its genesis, LeWitt explored these ideas through wall drawings, paintings, sculptures, works on paper and prints.

    Using a prescription to direct the creation of a work, the artist's hand subordinated to the artist's thoughts, in direct contrast to the Abstract Expressionist movement earlier in the century. Actions, forms and adjectives were broken down into terms, serially repeated and reconfigured: grids, lines, shapes, color, directions and starting points are several examples. These directives and constructs fueled an influential career of vast variety, subtlety and progression.

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187

Horizontal Composite (In Colors)

1970
Screenprint in colors, on Strathmore paper, with full margins,
I. 12 x 33 1/2 in. (30.5 x 85.1 cm);
S. 18 x 39 7/8 in. (45.7 x 101.3 cm)

signed and numbered 137/150 in pencil, published by John Weber Gallery, New York, minor surface soiling, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Editions

8 June 2011 New York