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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

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

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Form Derived From a Cube, 1986

Sol LeWitt

Form Derived From a Cube, 1986

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Whirls and Twirls (color) (K. 2005.03), 2005

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Whirls and Twirls (color) (K. 2005.03), 2005

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Maquette for Project (Wall Project, Chicago, , 1983

Sol LeWitt

Maquette for Project (Wall Project, Chicago, , 1983

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Open Cube in Color on Color (K. 2003.04), 2003

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Open Cube in Color on Color (K. 2003.04), 2003

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Seven Pointed Stars (K. 1996.20), 1996

Sol LeWitt

Seven Pointed Stars (K. 1996.20), 1996

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Forms Derived from a Cube: plate #12 (S...., 1982

Sol LeWitt

Forms Derived from a Cube: plate #12 (S...., 1982

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A Square Divided Horizontally and Vertically , 1982

Sol LeWitt

A Square Divided Horizontally and Vertically , 1982

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Circle with Broken Bands Within a Square (K. , 2003

Sol LeWitt

Circle with Broken Bands Within a Square (K. , 2003

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A Sphere Lit from the Top, Four Sides, and..., 2004

Sol LeWitt

A Sphere Lit from the Top, Four Sides, and..., 2004

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Nine Pyramids on a Nine-Part Grid, 1991

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Nine Pyramids on a Nine-Part Grid, 1991

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Cube, 1979

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Sans titre, 2002, 2002

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Sans titre, 2002, 2002

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Sans titre, 2001, 2001

Sol LeWitt

Sans titre, 2001, 2001

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Sans titre, 2004, 2004

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Sans titre, 2004, 2004

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Composite Series, 1970

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Composite Series, 1970

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Irregular Zigzag Bands, 1996

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Irregular Zigzag Bands, 1996

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Twelve Forms Derived from a Cube, 1984

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Twelve Forms Derived from a Cube, 1984

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Six Geometric Figures & All Their..., 1980

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Six Geometric Figures & All Their..., 1980

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PARALLEL CURVES, 1999

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PARALLEL CURVES, 1999

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Sol LeWitt

"Five Pointed Star with Color Bands", 1992

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Work from Instructions (two works), 1971

Sol LeWitt

Work from Instructions (two works), 1971

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Senza titolo, 1997

Sol LeWitt

Senza titolo, 1997

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Photograph of Manhattan with the area..., 1999

Sol LeWitt

Photograph of Manhattan with the area..., 1999

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Two prints: Photograph of Manhattan with the , 1999

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Two prints: Photograph of Manhattan with the , 1999

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