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Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019

  • Literature

    Barbara Krakow Gallery 1998.06
    Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, pp. 216-217

  • 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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Sol LeWitt

Wavy Lines on Gray, from Sequences

1996-98
The complete set of three woodcuts in colours, printed with oil paint, on Awa-Kozo Japanese paper, the full sheets.
all S. 50 x 39.9 cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Signed and numbered 'EP 1/3' in pencil on Plate #03 (an 'editor's proof' set, the edition was 60 plus 10 in Roman numerals and 10 artist's proofs), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York (with their inkstamp on the reverse), all framed.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £8,125

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Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019