Sol LeWitt - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, October 11, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Description

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Australia
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997

  • 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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Property of a Distinguished Private Collection

222

For Doug 1-10

titled 'For Doug 1-10' lower left and signed 'Sol Lewitt' lower right
pen on paper
sheet 26.5 x 26.5 cm (10 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Executed circa 1970.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 11 October 2024