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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vertical waves, 1996

Sol LeWitt

vertical waves, 1996

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Irregular form, 1994

Sol LeWitt

Irregular form, 1994

Sale Date: November 26, 2020

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Triangle with left side torn off, 1975

Sol LeWitt

Triangle with left side torn off, 1975

Sale Date: November 26, 2020

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Stars--Blue Center, 1983

Sol LeWitt

Stars--Blue Center, 1983

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sol LeWitt

Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sol LeWitt

Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sol LeWitt

Eight Squares with a Different Color in Each , 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Horizontal Composite (Color), 1970

Sol LeWitt

Horizontal Composite (Color), 1970

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Lines, Not Long, Not Heavy, Not Touching,..., 1970

Sol LeWitt

Lines, Not Long, Not Heavy, Not Touching,..., 1970

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Cube (B), 1994

Sol LeWitt

Cube (B), 1994

Sale Date: November 25, 2020

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FORMS DERIVED FROM A CUBE IN COLOR (SIMPLE..., 1985

Sol LeWitt

FORMS DERIVED FROM A CUBE IN COLOR (SIMPLE..., 1985

Sale Date: November 11, 2020

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Irregular Grid, 2001

Sol LeWitt

Irregular Grid, 2001

Sale Date: November 18, 2020

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Loopy Doopy, 1998

Sol LeWitt

Loopy Doopy, 1998

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Color rectangles, 1995

Sol LeWitt

Color rectangles, 1995

Sale Date: December 5, 2020

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Six Part Drawing, 1970

Sol LeWitt

Six Part Drawing, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2020

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Semi Cube Series, 1974

Sol LeWitt

Semi Cube Series, 1974

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Cube on Perspective, 1982

Sol LeWitt

Cube on Perspective, 1982

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Wall Drawing #506 (flat topped pyramid with..., 1986

Sol LeWitt

Wall Drawing #506 (flat topped pyramid with..., 1986

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Circle Divided into Eight Equal Parts with..., 1989

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Circle Divided into Eight Equal Parts with..., 1989

Sale Date: November 5, 2020

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Coffee Table

Sol LeWitt

Coffee Table

Sale Date: November 17, 2020

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PLAN JW GAL, 1986

Sol LeWitt

PLAN JW GAL, 1986

Sale Date: October 30, 2020

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Black lines in four directions on colour, 1991

Sol LeWitt

Black lines in four directions on colour, 1991

Sale Date: November 5, 2020

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Black lines in four directions on colour, 1991

Sol LeWitt

Black lines in four directions on colour, 1991

Sale Date: November 5, 2020

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Black lines in four directions on colour, 1991

Sol LeWitt

Black lines in four directions on colour, 1991

Sale Date: November 5, 2020

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