Sol LeWitt - 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Phillips

20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning...

New York Auction 13 November 2019

  • Provenance

    Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
    Alfred Huber, Zurich
    Private Collection
    Christie's, New York, September 13, 2006, lot 204
    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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Property from a Distinguished Private Collector

206

Sol LeWitt

Black, Yellow, Blue Squares

signed, titled and dated "A BLACK, YELLOW AND BLUE SQUARES SOL LEWITT, GENOA MAY 22 1975" lower right
graphite and ink on paper
19 5/8 x 27 1/2 in. (50 x 69.9 cm.)
Executed on May 22, 1975.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019