Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Donna and Howard Stone, Chicago
Private Collection, Chicago
Private Collection (gifted by the above)
Sotheby's, New York, March 2, 2018, lot 38
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Sol Lewitt: New Wall Drawings and Gouaches, December 12, 2003–January 24, 2004
Art Institute of Chicago, Contemporary Collecting: Selections from the Donna and Howard Stone Collection, June 25–September 19, 2010, pp. 88, 89, 146 (installation diagram illustrated, pp. 89, 146)
Lindsay Aveilhé, ed., Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2018 – ongoing, online (illustrated)
American • 1928 - 2007
Connected to the Conceptual and Minimalist art movements of the 1960s and '70s, the artist and theorist Sol LeWitt was a pivotal figure in driving 'idea' art into the mainstream art discourse. Redefining what constituted a work of art and its genesis, LeWitt explored these ideas through wall drawings, paintings, sculptures, works on paper and prints.
Using a prescription to direct the creation of a work, the artist's hand subordinated to the artist's thoughts, in direct contrast to the Abstract Expressionist movement earlier in the century. Actions, forms and adjectives were broken down into terms, serially repeated and reconfigured: grids, lines, shapes, color, directions and starting points are several examples. These directives and constructs fueled an influential career of vast variety, subtlety and progression.
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