Sol LeWitt

(American, 1928–2007)

Sol LeWitt was an iconic American artist whose work helped to establish both Minimalism and Conceptual Art. LeWitt’s practice was based primarily within his own intellect, establishing a rubric of formal instructions which his assistants followed to create the works. Some of the artist’s most integral pieces are his Wall Drawings, in which he explored myriad variations of applying drawn lines onto walls. “When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art,” he wrote in his seminal 1967 essay Paragraphs on Conceptual Art. Born Solomon LeWitt on September 9, 1928 in Hartford, CT, he received his BFA from Syracuse University before serving in the United States Army during the Korean War. After the war, he moved to New York, where he attended illustration classes and worked as a graphic designer for several magazines. During the 1950s, while experimenting with painting during the day and working nights at The Museum of Modern Art he met the artists Robert Ryman, Dan Flavin, and Robert Mangold. By the early 1960s, influenced by a combination of Robert Rauschenberg, Josef Albers, and Eadweard Muybridge, LeWitt had developed his uniquely cerebral approach to making art. The artist would go on to cofound the artist book nonprofit Printed Matter, Inc. in 1976 with writer Lucy Lippard. Over the course of his career he would have a profound influence on both his peers and younger artists including Frank Stella and Eva Hesse. LeWitt died on April 8, 2007 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, the Dia Art Foundation in Beacon, NY, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

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Untitled (from the Kinderstern Portfolio)., 1989

Sol LeWitt

Untitled (from the Kinderstern Portfolio)., 1989

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1985

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Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1985

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1985

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Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1985

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Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1985

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Asymmetrical Pyramids, 1985

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Three works from the Twelve Forms Derived..., 1984

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Three works from the Twelve Forms Derived..., 1984

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Flat Top Pyramid with Colors Superimposed, 1988

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Flat Top Pyramid with Colors Superimposed, 1988

Sale Date: November 25, 2023

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Two Cubes with Colors Superimposed (Red), 1988

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Two Cubes with Colors Superimposed (Red), 1988

Sale Date: November 25, 2023

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Geometric Figure, 1987

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Geometric Figure, 1987

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Untitled (Cube), 1991

Sol LeWitt

Untitled (Cube), 1991

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Untitled (Cube), 1991

Sol LeWitt

Untitled (Cube), 1991

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Drawing for four cubes (in a square), 1969

Sol LeWitt

Drawing for four cubes (in a square), 1969

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Six Geometric Figures & All Their..., 1980

Sol LeWitt

Six Geometric Figures & All Their..., 1980

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Bands of Color in Four Directions..., 1995

Sol LeWitt

Bands of Color in Four Directions..., 1995

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Irregular Zig Zag Bands, 1996

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Irregular Zig Zag Bands, 1996

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Four Color Isometric Figure - B (Purple,..., 2002

Sol LeWitt

Four Color Isometric Figure - B (Purple,..., 2002

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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123/ Six Three-Part Variations Using Each..., 1968

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123/ Six Three-Part Variations Using Each..., 1968

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Untitled, 1969

Sol LeWitt

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Untitled, 1990

Sol LeWitt

Untitled, 1990

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Bands of Color in Four Directions (Vertical), 1995

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Bands of Color in Four Directions (Vertical), 1995

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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The Four Sides for the Tower of the..., 1983

Sol LeWitt

The Four Sides for the Tower of the..., 1983

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Vertical lines of colour, circa 1972, 1972

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Vertical lines of colour, circa 1972, 1972

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Time, 1976

Sol LeWitt

Time, 1976

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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15 Sol Lewitt Screenprints from FICCIONES

Sol LeWitt

15 Sol Lewitt Screenprints from FICCIONES

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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COLOR BANDS , 1991

Sol LeWitt

COLOR BANDS , 1991

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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