Sol LeWitt - Modern & Contemporary Editions New York Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Catalogue Essay

    Including: Blue, Ochre, Black andGray

  • 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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Vertical Not Straight Lines Not Touching on Color: four plates

1991
The complete set of four aquatint and etchings in colors, on wove paper, the full sheets,
all S. 47 x 33 1/4 in (119.4 x 84.5 cm)
all signed and numbered 11/30 in pencil, published by Riverhouse Editions, Steamboat Springs, Colorado (with their blindstamp), occasional scuffing, a backed tear and flattened crease at lower left corner, ochre with a soft crease at upper center sheet edge, black with minor scuffing visible in raking light, a horizontal line of rubbing in upper sheet, an accretion at upper center sheet, otherwise all in generally in good condition, three unframed, one framed.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Modern & Contemporary Editions

Editions
25 January 2012
New York