Sol LeWitt - New Now London Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galleria Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Rome
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Rome, Galleria Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Disegni a Matita Sul Muro: Sol LeWitt Al Portico d’Ottavia, 18 February – 30 April 2005

  • Literature

    L'Italia nei Wall Drawings di Sol LeWitt, exh. cat., Reggia di Caserta, 2012, pp. 33, 169, 249-250 (illustrated)
    Lindsay Aveilhé, ed., Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2018 - ongoing, online (illustrated)

  • 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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Wall Drawing #1148 D, Isometric form within a circle

black coloured pencil wall drawing
installation dimensions variable
First executed in February 2005 by Anthony Sansotta and Angelo Volpe at Galleria Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Rome, this work is accompanied by a diagram and a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
£65,000 - 85,000 

Sold for £82,550

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New Now

London Auction 6 December 2023