Sol LeWitt Art
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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Artist: Sol LeWitt
Crystal Tumblers
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Sol LeWitt and produced by ARTĚL in 2003, this exquisite set of four hand-engraved, mouth blown crystal tumblers is hand-signed and numbered from a limited edition of jus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sol LeWitt Art
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Blown Glass
The Modern Yarmulke, 2001
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol Lewitt
The Modern Yarmulke, 2001, 2013
Mixed media leather and textile
5 1/2 in diameter 14 cm diameter
Edition: unknown
bears provenance stamp on the...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Leather, Textile, Mixed Media
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 Art
Materials
Screen
Sol Lewitt, "Open Cube in Color on Color, 24.Orange on Purple", 2003
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Miami, FL
"Sol LeWitt (United States, 1928-2007)
'Open Cube in Color on Color, 24. Orange on Purple', 2003
linocut on paper
14.2 x 14.2 in. (36 x 36 cm.)
Edition of 20
ID: LEW1458-025-020"
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Sol Lewitt, Untitled (Kinderstern) - Signed Print, Abstract Art, Minimalism
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007)
Untitled (Kinderstern), 1989
Medium: Screenprint on wove paper
Dimensions: 57.2 x 76.2 cm (22.5 x 30 in)
Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered in ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
Sol LeWitt – Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle (Steps) – hand-signed woodcut
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Varese, VA
woodcut in colors on Fukui-Kozo paper, edited in 1992
Limited edition of 75 copies in Arabic numerals, 24 in Roman numerals, and 26 lettered impressions
Signed in pencil by artist in...
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1990s Pop Art Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203 x 198 mm). Not signed.
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1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
Sol LeWitt, Arc and Bands in Colors 2 - Abstract Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sol Lewitt (American, 1928-2007)
Arcs and Bands in Colors 2, 1999
Medium: Screenprint on rag paper
Dimensions: 80 x 100 cm (31½ x 39¼ in)
Edition of 50 + 10 A.P.: Hand-signed and num...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 5/8 inches (203...
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1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203...
Category
1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203...
Category
1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 5/8 inches (203 x 194 mm). Not signed.
Category
1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203 x 198 mm). Not signed.
Category
1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203...
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1980s Sol LeWitt Art
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Screen
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 Abstract Geometric Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Linocut
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Bands Not Straight in Four Directions (Full Set of 4)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Woodcut
Each 38 x 86 cms (15 x 33 7/8 ins.)
Edition of 75, Set of 4
Each work in set numbered 32/75
Published by Parasol Press Ltd., New York
Catalogue raisonné: Barbara Krakow 1999.01
Category
1990s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Woodcut
Six Geometric Figures
By Sol LeWitt
Located in London, GB
Etching with Aquatint, white on black
Category
1970s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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 Art
Materials
Linocut
"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 Art
Materials
Etching, 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 Art
Materials
Screen
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 Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 150)
Hand-signed by artist, pencil signed on the reverse, annotated Artists Proof, blindstamp of the publisher; copyright stamp reads: COPYRIGHT 1971 BY SOL LEWITT
Published by: Bank Street Shorewood Atelier
Measurements:
Framed:
25 inches x 28 inches
Sheet:
17 inches x 23 ½ inches
This one-color lithograph pulled by hand from stone on Arches paper at the Shorewood Bank Street Atelier in New York by American master Sol Lewitt is a classic example of pure Minimalist art from the early 1970s - the most influential and desirable era. A very rare Artists Proof, aside from the regular edition of 150.
"Vertical Lines Not Touching (Black)" was created for the legendary portfolio "CONSPIRACY: the Artist as Witness", to raise money for the legal defense of the Chicago 8 - a group of anti-Vietnam War activists indicted by President Nixon...
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1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt Art
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 ...
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1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Offset
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 Art
Materials
Etching
Emblemata - 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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Ink, Postcard
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 Art
Materials
Paper, 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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Aquatint
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 Art
Materials
Color, 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 Art
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 Art
Materials
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 Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Screen
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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 Art
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...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Monotype
Untitled
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated in pencil, l.r.
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203...
Category
1980s Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Screen
silkscreen
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: silkscreen. Printed in 1984 for "Ficciones" and published by The Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500. Size: 8 x 7 3/4 inches (203 x 198 mm). Not signed.
Category
1980s Sol LeWitt Art
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
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 Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Untitled from Kinderstern
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed
Edition of 100
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt Art
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 Art
Materials
Woodcut
Tondo 1 (3 point star)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Linocut on Paper
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt Art
Materials
Linocut
Untitled
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed
Edition size: 150
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sol LeWitt Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
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 Art
Materials
Woodcut
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Aquatint
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Linocut
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- 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.
- 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.