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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
Five Pointed Star
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Sol Lewitt (1928 – 2007) Five Pointed Star Color Screenprint on Arches wove paper, c. 1992 Sheet size: 32 3/4” x 22 ¼” Signed by artist and numbered Edition 104 of 250] Printed by Keizo Tasaka, Watanabe Studio, Ltd., Brooklyn Published by Puma Trading, Paris or Editiones Catalanes, Barcelona, for the International Olympic Committee, with blind stamp lower center Sol LeWitt was born on September 9th, 1928, in Hartford, Connecticut to Eastern European immigrants. LeWitt received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1949 (where he made his first prints) and then was drafted in the Korean War in 1951. During his service, he made posters for the Special Services and spent time in Japan, where he bought the first works that became the basis of a large personal art collection. In 1953, he moved to New York City, where he studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (now the School of Visual Arts) and worked for Seventeen Magazine...
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1990s Minimalist Sol LeWitt Art

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Screen

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 8th November 2002 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London, and Parasol Press...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Sol LeWitt Art

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Linocut

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 (aside from an edition of 50) Signed and numbered in pencil lower right Published by Pace Editions, New York Sol LeWitt was born on September 9th, 1928 in Hartford, Connecticut to Eastern European immigrants. LeWitt received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1949 (where he made his first prints) and then was drafted in the Korean War in 1951. During his service, he made posters for the Special Services and spent time in Japan, where he bought the first works that became the basis of a large personal art collection. In 1953, he moved to New York City, where he studied at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (now the School of Visual Arts) and worked for Seventeen Magazine...
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"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...
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1970s Minimalist Sol LeWitt Art

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"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...
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"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...
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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
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1990s Color-Field Sol LeWitt Art

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Sol 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.
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    Sol 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.

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