Sol LeWitt - Innovation in American Art New York Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Parasol Press, Ltd., New York
    Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston (acquired from the above)
    Private Collection, Boston

  • Catalogue Essay

    Please note that 9 are variants of the same and the tenth, often thought of as a colophon, is actually 9 other variants.

  • 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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Squares with a Different Line Direction in Each Half Square

All signed and numbered "AP B" (an artist's proof, aside from the edition of 25 and 7 printer's proofs), published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York, framed.
Set of ten etchings, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
all I. 5 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (14.6 x 14.9 cm)
all S. 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (36.8 x 36.8 cm)

1971

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Innovation in American Art