Sol LeWitt - Desktop: Online Auction London Wednesday, April 15, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist's estate by the present owner

  • Literature

    Denise Domergue, Artists Design Furniture, New York, 1984, p. 106 (another example illustrated)
    Gary Garrels, ed., Sol Lewitt A Retrospective, New Haven and London, 2000, no. 383, pp. 365 and 415 (another variant illustrated, p. 365)
    Schellmann Furniture, Artists' Furniture, Munich, 2011, n.p. (another example illustrated)

  • 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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17

Coffee Table

painted wood and glass
46.8 x 122 x 122 cm (18 3/8 x 48 x 48 in.)
Designed in 1981 and executed in 2010, this work is from an open edition.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for £3,250

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Desktop: Online Auction

Online Auction 15 - 23 April 2020