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Sol LeWitt

Irregular Forms, from Notes on a Room (K. 1998.07)

Estimate
$1,000 - 1,500
$4,445
Lot Details
Two woodcuts in colors in oil-based inks, on Kozo-Misumu paper, with full margins.
1998
both I. 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
both S. 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Both signed and numbered 97/130 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, both framed.

Sol LeWitt

American | B. 1928 D. 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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