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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Squiggly Brushstrokes, 1996

Sol LeWitt

Squiggly Brushstrokes, 1996

Sale Date: May 8, 2024

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Form Derived from a Cube, 1983

Sol LeWitt

Form Derived from a Cube, 1983

Sale Date: May 8, 2024

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Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors, 1986

Sol LeWitt

Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors, 1986

Sale Date: May 2, 2024

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Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors, 1986

Sol LeWitt

Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors, 1986

Sale Date: May 2, 2024

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Lines, not long, not heavy, not touching,..., 1970

Sol LeWitt

Lines, not long, not heavy, not touching,..., 1970

Sale Date: May 2, 2024

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Complex Forms, 1990

Sol LeWitt

Complex Forms, 1990

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Piatto

Sol LeWitt

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Piatto

Sol LeWitt

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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EIGHT POINTED STARS (KRAKOW 1996.21), 1996

Sol LeWitt

EIGHT POINTED STARS (KRAKOW 1996.21), 1996

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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IRREGULAR WAVY BANDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS..., 1997

Sol LeWitt

IRREGULAR WAVY BANDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS..., 1997

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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CURVY BRUSHSTROKES II (KRAKOW 1997.15), 1997

Sol LeWitt

CURVY BRUSHSTROKES II (KRAKOW 1997.15), 1997

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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CURVY BRUSHSTROKES I (KRAKOW 1997.14), 1997

Sol LeWitt

CURVY BRUSHSTROKES I (KRAKOW 1997.14), 1997

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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IRREGULAR ANGULAR BRUSHSTOKES (KRAKOW 1997.08), 1997

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IRREGULAR ANGULAR BRUSHSTOKES (KRAKOW 1997.08), 1997

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Concentric Irregular Black and White Bands, 1994

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Concentric Irregular Black and White Bands, 1994

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Tangled Bands, 2002

Sol LeWitt

Tangled Bands, 2002

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

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Straight lines

Sol LeWitt

Straight lines

Sale Date: April 22, 2024

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Horizontal Composite (Color) (Krakow/Witkin..., 1970

Sol LeWitt

Horizontal Composite (Color) (Krakow/Witkin..., 1970

Sale Date: April 19, 2024

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Composite Series: Plate #05 (Krakow/Witkin..., 1970

Sol LeWitt

Composite Series: Plate #05 (Krakow/Witkin..., 1970

Sale Date: April 19, 2024

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Untitled - Ten Thousand Free Hand Lines #24/25

Sol LeWitt

Untitled - Ten Thousand Free Hand Lines #24/25

Sale Date: April 21, 2024

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Form Derived From a Cubic Rectangle, 1989

Sol LeWitt

Form Derived From a Cubic Rectangle, 1989

Sale Date: April 19, 2024

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49 three-part variations using three..., 1969

Sol LeWitt

49 three-part variations using three..., 1969

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Benziger Print, 1998

Sol LeWitt

Benziger Print, 1998

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Grids and Color, Plate #39 (from the Grids..., 1979

Sol LeWitt

Grids and Color, Plate #39 (from the Grids..., 1979

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Grids and Color: plates #10, #13, #15, #20,..., 1979

Sol LeWitt

Grids and Color: plates #10, #13, #15, #20,..., 1979

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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