Sol LeWitt - New Now New York Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galería Costa, Barcelona
    Private Collection
    Private Collection, Spain
    Christie’s, London, April 17, 2013, lot 381
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Sol LeWitt

    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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Form Derived from a Cubic Rectangle III

signed and dated "S. LeWitt 90" lower right
gouache and graphite on paper
22 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (56.8 x 75.6 cm)
Executed in 1990.

Estimate
$18,000 - 25,000 

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New Now

New York Auction 27 September 2023