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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Sol LeWitt (6,691 results)

LEWITT, SOL. Piramidi., 1986

Sol LeWitt

LEWITT, SOL. Piramidi., 1986

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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LEWITT, SOL. Autobiography., 1980

Sol LeWitt

LEWITT, SOL. Autobiography., 1980

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Wall Drawing #650: Continuous Forms with..., 1990

Sol LeWitt

Wall Drawing #650: Continuous Forms with..., 1990

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two..., 1993

Sol LeWitt

Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two..., 1993

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Squares within Squares, 1989

Sol LeWitt

Squares within Squares, 1989

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Sheet from

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Sheet from "Horizontal Colour Bands and..., 1991

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Sheet from

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Sheet from "Horizontal Colour Bands and..., 1991

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Truncated Pyramid, 1986

Sol LeWitt

Truncated Pyramid, 1986

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Double Pyramid, 1986

Sol LeWitt

Double Pyramid, 1986

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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(i) Four Varieties of Line Direction (ii)..., 1969

Sol LeWitt

(i) Four Varieties of Line Direction (ii)..., 1969

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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13/8, 1982

Sol LeWitt

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Straight Brushstrokes in Five Colors in All..., 1996

Sol LeWitt

Straight Brushstrokes in Five Colors in All..., 1996

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Black Over Colors / Red, Yellow, Blue &..., 1994

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Black Over Colors / Red, Yellow, Blue &..., 1994

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Untitled (Brown), 2004

Sol LeWitt

Untitled (Brown), 2004

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Plate 2, from Tondo Stars, 2002

Sol LeWitt

Plate 2, from Tondo Stars, 2002

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Double Stars (Krakow 1983.02), 1983

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Double Stars (Krakow 1983.02), 1983

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

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Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sale Date: October 29, 2021

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Arcs, Circles & Grids, 1972

Sol LeWitt

Arcs, Circles & Grids, 1972

Sale Date: October 29, 2021

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Arcs, Circles & Grids (Avery Fisher Hall)..., 1972

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Arcs, Circles & Grids (Avery Fisher Hall)..., 1972

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Loopy Doopy, Black/Gray (K. 2000.03), 2000

Sol LeWitt

Loopy Doopy, Black/Gray (K. 2000.03), 2000

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Irregular Arcs from Four Sides (K. 1997.18), 1997

Sol LeWitt

Irregular Arcs from Four Sides (K. 1997.18), 1997

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Color Bands (K. 2000.07), 2000

Sol LeWitt

Color Bands (K. 2000.07), 2000

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Stars, 1993

Sol LeWitt

Sale Date: November 3, 2021

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Untitled (letter to Judith Stein), 1973

Sol LeWitt

Untitled (letter to Judith Stein), 1973

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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