Sol LeWitt - Unbound: Online Only New York Thursday, October 18, 2018 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Kornfield, Bern, June 5, 2008, lot 433
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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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Forms Derived from a Cube

signed and dated "S. Lewitt 1983" lower right
watercolor, ink and graphite on paper
10 5/8 x 22 3/8 in. (27 x 56.7 cm.)
Executed in 1983.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $8,750

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Unbound: Online Only

Bidding Closes 30 October 2018