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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1 x 2 Half Off, 1991
Sold price: 1,633,000 USD

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Irregular Forms (Flat and Glossy Colors)..., 1998

Sol LeWitt

Irregular Forms (Flat and Glossy Colors)..., 1998

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Wavy Irregular Bands, 1996

Sol LeWitt

Wavy Irregular Bands, 1996

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Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle III, 1990

Sol LeWitt

Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle III, 1990

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All Combinations Of Six Geometric Figures..., 1976

Sol LeWitt

All Combinations Of Six Geometric Figures..., 1976

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Brushstrokes in All Directions, 1994

Sol LeWitt

Brushstrokes in All Directions, 1994

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R24 (S. R24), 1972

Sol LeWitt

R24 (S. R24), 1972

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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The New York Collection for Stockholm: two..., 1973

Sol LeWitt

The New York Collection for Stockholm: two..., 1973

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Lines in Four Directions, Superimposed..., 1971

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Lines in Four Directions, Superimposed..., 1971

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Lines in Four Directions, Superimposed in..., 1971

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Lines in Four Directions, Superimposed in..., 1971

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Lotto multiplo - Twelve forms derived from a , 1984

Sol LeWitt

Lotto multiplo - Twelve forms derived from a , 1984

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1-2 3-4, 1979

Sol LeWitt

1-2 3-4, 1979

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Untitled, 2001

Sol LeWitt

Untitled, 2001

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Plate #05 (from the Stars series), 2002

Sol LeWitt

Plate #05 (from the Stars series), 2002

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Untitled (from the Scribbles Printed in Four , 1971

Sol LeWitt

Untitled (from the Scribbles Printed in Four , 1971

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Irregular Straight Bands in Two Directions;..., 1997

Sol LeWitt

Irregular Straight Bands in Two Directions;..., 1997

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Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors, 1986

Sol LeWitt

Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors, 1986

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Plate 5 From

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Plate 5 From "Eight Squares With A Different , 1980

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Plate 3 From "Eight Squares With A Different , 1980

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Plate 4 From "Eight Squares With A Different , 1980

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Plate 1 From

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Plate 1 From "Eight Squares With A Different , 1980

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Plate 7 From

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Plate 7 From "Eight Squares With A Different , 1980

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Plate 6 From "Eight Squares With A Different , 1980

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Colors with Lines in Four Directions, Within , 1990

Sol LeWitt

Colors with Lines in Four Directions, Within , 1990

Sale Date: August 14, 2023

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Complex Forms: A Set of Three Prints – A, 1990

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Complex Forms: A Set of Three Prints – A, 1990

Sale Date: August 10, 2023

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