Sol LeWitt
American, 1928-2007
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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Stars 2002
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Sol LeWitt
Stars
2002
The complete set of six linocuts in colors, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins
Signed in pencil and marked 38/100
all I. diameter 23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm)
a...
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Early 2000s Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
The Location of Lines (Full Set)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Printed by Gerald Sisco at the Crown Point Press, Oakland, California. Published by Parasol Press, Ltd. New York, 1975.
Category
1970s Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching
Bands Not Straight in Four Directions (Full Set of 4)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Set of 4
Category
1990s Sol LeWitt
Materials
Woodcut
Tondo Stars
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
6 colours each
Paper: Somerset Satin, White, 300 grams
Printers: Eisaku Sakane, assisted by Keigo Takahashhi & Chie Shimizu, Watanbe Studio, New York
Completed 8t...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Sol LeWitt
Materials
Linocut
Six Geometric Figures
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Etching with Aquatint, white on black
Category
1970s Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Sol LeWitt Sculpture 1-2 3-4
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Chicago, IL
Sol LeWitt Sculpture 1-2 3-4
Four Structures on a fixed aluminum base.
1979
Sold with a photo certificate signed by the artist.
provenance: Gift of the artist to Bruce and Ann Bachmann
Category
1970s American Minimalist Vintage Sol LeWitt
Materials
Aluminum
Sol LeWitt, Two Asymmetrical Pyramids and Their Mirror Images (Counterpoint)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sol Lewitt (American, 1928-2007)
Two Asymmetrical Pyramids and Their Mirror Images (Counterpoint), 1986
Medium: Silkscreen on Rosapina Fabriano paper
Dimensions: 53.7 × 61.9 cm (21.1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Sol LeWitt, Loopy Doopy (Black/Gray) - Woodcut, 2000, Abstract Art, Signed Print
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007)
Loopy Doopy (Black/Gray), 2000
Medium: Oil-based woodcut on Kozo-Misumu paper
Dimensions: 60 × 80.3 cm (23.6 × 31.6 in)
Edition of 100: Hand signed a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Woodcut
Squiggly Brushstrokes
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Kent, CT
DETAILS
Signed lower right
PROVENANCE
The Artist
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above) James Barron Art, Kent, CT
Private collection,...
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Gouache
Black with White Lines, Vertical, Not Touching (Krakow 1970.07; 3. Kornfeld)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol Lewitt
Black with White Lines, Vertical, Not Touching, from Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness (Krakow 1970.07; 3. Kornfeld), 1971
Lithograph on Wove Paper
Edition AP (A rare Arti...
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1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Lithograph
Benefit Concert (Hand signed by Sol Lewitt, Philip Glass and Meredith Monk)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol Lewitt
Benefit Concert (Hand signed by Sol Lewitt, Philip Glass and Meredith Monk), 1978
Offset lithograph
19 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches
Edition of 75
Hand signed by Sol Lewitt lower ri...
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1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Offset
Symmetrical Pyramid
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Kent, CT
Inscribed 'FOR SUSANNA,' lower left
Provenance:
The artist
Private Collection, New York (gift from the above)
Category
Late 20th Century Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Form Derived from a Cube (Sloppy)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Kent, CT
Signed 'For Susanna' lower left
Signed 'S. LeWitt 84' lower right
Provenance:
The artist
Private Collection, New York (gift from the artist)
Category
Late 20th Century Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Asymmetrical Pyramid
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Kent, CT
Signed 'S. LeWitt 1986' lower right
Provenance:
The artist
Private Collection, New York (gift from the artist)
Category
Late 20th Century Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Emblemata - Original Gouache by Sol Lewitt - 1999
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Roma, IT
Emblemata is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sol Lewitt in 1999.
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Signed and dated on the lower right.
Studio Dabbeni Archive n. 2537.
A...
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Tempera
Untitled Curves
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
SOL LEWITT
Untitled Curves, 1999
Original drawing done in marker, hand signed and inscribed, on postmarked (franked) postcard
4 3/10 × 6 3/4 inches
Hand-signed by artist, Inscribed "...
Category
1990s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Ink, Postcard
Untitled from "Kinderstern" by Sol LeWitt, Screenprint, Grey, Minimalism
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Köln, DE
Screen print by Sol LeWitt.
"No title" from the portfolio "Kinderstern", 1989
58 x 76 cm
Copy 61/100
Edition of 100 (approx).
Category
1980s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two Directions: One plate
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
1993
Etching in colors on Rives BFK paper
Image/sheet: 46 3/4 x 29 in. (118.7 x 73.7 cm)
Edition of 35
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Etching
"Irregular Arcs from Four Sides" signed etching with aquatint by Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Irregular Arcs from Four Sides" colorful, geometric abstract etching with aquatint in colors on Somerset paper with full margins. Signed and numbered PP 2/3 in pencil on front lower...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Eight Small Etchings
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Very good impressions of these three etchings (of 8) on Somerset Textured White paper. Each signed and numbered 17/20 in pencil by LeWitt. Printed and published by Crown Point Press,...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching
Broken Gray Bands in Four Directions by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
"Broken Gray Bands in Four Directions"
Linocuts in colors on Somerset Velvet White paper, 2005
18 x 43-1/4 inches (45.7 x 109.9 cm) (sheet)
T.P. 2/2 (asi...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Linocut
Bands: Double Orange
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) is an important contributor to the 20th century's most cerebral "isms" notably minimalism and conceptual art.
His infamous large scale "wall drawings" destab...
Category
1990s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Aquatint
Bands: Maroon
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) is an important contributor to the 20th century's most cerebral "isms" notably minimalism and conceptual art.
His infamous large-scale "wall drawings" destab...
Category
1990s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Aquatint
Colors with Lines in Four Directions, Within a Black Border (Red) - 1990
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Roma, IT
Colors with Lines in Four Directions, Within a Black Border (Red) is an original artwork realized by Sol Lewitt in 1990.
Mixed colored screen print on paper.
Image Size: 45.6 × 45....
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1990s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Star Within Two Circles Dinner Service 'Black' by Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Star within two circles dinner service
Designed 1984/fabricated now
Set of 24 salad plates, dinner plates and pasta bowls
8 salad plates: 8" diameter
8 pasta bowls: 10" diameter
...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Pointed Star with Color Bands
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on Arches Cover White. Signed and numbered 109/250 in pencil. Printed by Keizo Tasaka, Watanabe Studio Ltd., Brooklyn. Published by P...
Category
1990s Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Color, Screen
Untitled (1995). Gouache on paper by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Untitled
Gouache on Paper
28.5 x 37.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 3/4 in)
Executed in 1995
Signed and dated 95 lower right
Provenance
Marco Noire Contemporary Art Turin...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
VERTICAL BRUSH STROKES
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache on paper. Hand signed and dated lower front. Artwork sheet size 22 x 10 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of aut...
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
ART
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique gouache on handmade paper. Hand signed and dated lower front. Artwork sheet size 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certific...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Grids and Color Plate # 27" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
Grids and Color Plate #27
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids and Color Plate #41" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
Grids and Color Plate #41
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids and Color Plate #44" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
Grids and Color Plate #40
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids and Color Plate #40" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
Grids and Color Plate #40
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids and Color Plate #42" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
"Grids and Color Plate #42"
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 w...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids and Color Plate #15" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
"Grids and Color Plate #15"
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 w...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids and Color Plate #43 " by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
Grids and Color Plate #43
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
"Grids in Color Plate #25" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT
(1928 – 2007)
Grids and Color Plate #43
Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979
Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Category
1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Coffee Table by Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Coffee table
designed 1981,
black walnut with 3/8" glass top
Measures: 18½" x 48" x 48" (46.4 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Stamped “Certificate of Authenticity” included.
Object descr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Walnut
Star Within Two Circles Dinner Service 'Cobalt' by Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Star within two circles dinner service
designed 1984/fabricated now
set of 24 salad plates, dinner plates and pasta bowls
8 salad plates 8" diameter
8 pasta bowls 10" diameter
8...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Ceramic
Star Within Two Circles Dinner Service 'Grey' by Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Star within two circles dinner service
designed 1984/fabricated now
set of 24 salad plates, dinner plates and pasta bowls
8 salad plates: 8" diameter
8 pasta bowls: 10" diameter
8 d...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Ceramic
Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two Directions: Plate #04
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sol LeWitt
Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two Directions: Plate #04, 1993
Etching
47 x 29.25 in
PP, Ed. 1/3, Ed. of 35
Condition:
Float-mounted; some very minor scuffs to darke...
Category
1990s Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching
Emblemata
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Emblemata is a 2000 book of 15 monotypes by Sol Lewitt. Emblemata is part of a larger exposition of works by artists such as Sol LeWitt, Richard Long and Hans Ulrich. Emblemata is fr...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Monotype
LOOPY DOOPY (BLACK/GRAY)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Aventura, FL
Oil-based woodcut on Kozo-Misumu paper. Hand signed and numbered lower front by Sol LeWitt. From the Printers Proof edition of 3 (aside from the main edition of 100).
Artwork is ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two Directions: One plate
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
1993
Etching in colors, on Rives BFK paper
47 x 29 1/2 in. (119.4 x 74.9 cm)
Edition of 35 + 10AP
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1990s Color-Field Sol LeWitt
Materials
Paper, Etching
Lines In Color on Color, Corners Sides and Centers to Specific Points on a Grid
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol Lewitt
Lines In Color on Color From Corners Sides and Centers to Specific Points on a Grid Plate #6 (Krakow Witkin 1978.2.08), 1978
Silkscreen on ARCHES® 88 paper
Edition 1/25
Ha...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Untitled from Kinderstern
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed
Edition of 100
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Steps (Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Water-based woodcut - Type of Paper: Fukui-Kozo (Japanese Handmade paper) - Signed and numbered lower right - Published by Juventudes Musicales de Espana, Barcelona - Printed by Taku...
Category
19th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Woodcut
Tondo 1 (3 point star)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Linocut on Paper
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Linocut
Untitled
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed
Edition size: 150
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt
Materials
Aquatint
Brushstrokes in Different Colors in Two Directions: One plate
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
1993
Etching in colors, on Rives BFK paper
Image/sheet: 47 x 29 1/2 in. (119.4 x 74.9 cm)
Edition of 35
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1990s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Brown)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
2004
Lithograph with etching aquatint on Somerset Textured White paper
Sheet: 35 3/4 x 36 in.
Edition of 30
Signed and numbered in Roman Numerals, lower right
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
Loopy Doopy, Blue/Red
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
2000
Oil-based woodcut in colors
Sheet: 22 3/8 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower right
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Woodcut
Curved Bands
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
1996
Oil-based woodcut in colors
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 60
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower right
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Woodcut
Wavy Lines with Black Border
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
1997
Aquatint on Awa Kozo paper
Sheet: 21 x 24 3/4 in.
Edition of 60
Signed and numbered in pencil
Unframed, mint condition
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt
Materials
Aquatint
Arcs and Bands in Color
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Silkscreen on Arches 88, 350 Gram paper
Signed and numbered
Published by Edition Schellmann, New York
Printed by akeshi Arita, Tsutomu Katimoto, Pierre-Vincent Braillard, Richard Woo...
Category
20th Century Modern Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Composition pour les JO
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in celebration of the 1992 winter Olympics in Albertville, France, Composition pour les JO was created by Sol LeWitt as an original screenprint in colors on Arc...
Category
20th Century Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Flat Top Pyramid With Colors Superimposed
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Sol LeWitt
Flat Top Pyramid With Colors Superimposed
1988
Silkscreen in Twenty Colors Superimposed
30 x 95 in.
Edition of 30
Pencil signed and numbered
Accom...
Category
1980s Minimalist Sol LeWitt
Materials
Screen
Wavy Lines (Color) - Print, Abstract art, Minimalism, Contemporary art, Woodcut
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Oil-based woodcut printed in colours.
Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 40.
Printed on Awa Kozo paper by Kevin Oster, Watanabe Studio Ltd., New York.
Published by ...
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Woodcut
Arcs and Bands in Colors A - F
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Set of six linocuts on rag paper
Sheet: 20 x 20 in. (51 x 51 cm), each
Edition of 50
Each signed and numbered in pencil
Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Linocut
Wavy Lines with Black Border
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Aquatint on rag paper
Sheet: 21 x 24 3/4 in. (53 x 63 cm)
Edition of 60 + 10AP
Signed and numbered in pencil on lower margin
Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Category
1990s Abstract Sol LeWitt
Materials
Aquatint
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Sol LeWitt was an American artist who experimented in different forms of art, including sculpture, painting and drawing. What he’s probably best known for is his conceptual art and his belief that the idea of art itself was art. He thought that the conception of the idea was the artists, but the production of the art could be done by anyone, or not done at all. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Sol LeWitt said that in conceptual art, the idea behind the art was at least as, if not more, important than what the finished work was. Some of the American artist's most famous works include Wall Drawing N.804, Brushstrokes and Lines in Four Directions. Find a collection of Sol LeWitt art on 1stDibs.