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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Paper, Woodcut
1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Monoprint, Monotype
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Monoprint, Monotype
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20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Screen
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Offset
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Offset, Lithograph
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Prints and Multiples
Offset
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Drawings
Copper
1990s Op Art Abstract Prints
Screen
Antique Early 1900s Italian Romantic Paintings
Canvas
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Art
Paper
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Lithograph
2010s British Contemporary Art
Paper
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Paper
Recent Sales
1990s American Minimalist Prints
Paper
1990s American Minimalist Prints
Screen
19th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Color, Screen
1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Post-War Abstract Prints
Woodcut
1990s Minimalist Prints and Multiples
Aquatint
1990s Minimalist Prints and Multiples
Aquatint
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Aquatint
1990s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Screen
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Screen
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Screen
Sol LeWitt for sale on 1stDibs
While New York City’s art scene in the 1950s and ’60s revolved around Abstract Expressionism, multidisciplinary artist Sol LeWitt paved an alternative path, creating a prolific output of work in the genres of minimalism and, later, Conceptual art.
While LeWitt is perhaps best known for his immense “wall drawings,” he created work in a wide range of media, including drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. (However, in a characteristic rebuttal of canonical art history, he referred to these pieces as “structures.”) He also produced several texts, including the seminal Sentences on Conceptual Art (1969).
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1928, LeWitt received a BFA from Syracuse University before going to work as a graphic designer for the renowned architect I.M. Pei. He would later work at the book counter at the Museum of Modern Art, where his colleagues included fellow artists. LeWitt’s early exposure to architecture may well have had outsize influence on his subsequent career: He was known for the geometric nature of his work, specifically his fastidious, near-obsessive treatment of the cube, which he rendered repeatedly in various ways throughout his paintings, structures and wall drawings.
In the 1960s, LeWitt showed in several group exhibitions throughout New York and also began to experiment with three-dimensional structures, most modular riffs on the cube shape. His work was included in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism.
Later, LeWitt debuted his now-iconic wall drawings, creating work directly on the walls of galleries and show spaces, beginning with pioneering gallerist Paula Cooper’s inaugural show in 1968. The wall drawings became a prime example of LeWitt’s philosophical approach to art, with their installation often carried out by museum staff or curators following precise instructions from the artist.
“The idea,” the artist once said, “becomes a machine that makes the art.” LeWitt continued to produce work until his death in 2007.
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