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Sol LeWitt

 
Sol LeWitt

20th-21st century American artist
(Hartford, Connecticut, 9/9/1928 - 4/8/2007, New York City, New York)

Note: LeWitt moved from Minimalism to Conceptual art in the 1970s often stressing theory over execution, employing systems to govern the artistic process. American, 1928 - 2007

13 objects

The Location of a Blue Square/a Red Trapezoid/a Yellow Circle & a Black Triangle

1/10/1976
graphite, pen and red, black, yellow, and blue ink on off-white wove paper
Museum Purchase, with the aid of funds from The National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D. C., a federal agency
1977.23
 

Lines and Color. Straight, Not Straight & Broken Lines...

1977
silkscreen on paper
Museum Purchase, Elizabeth B. G. Hamlin Fund
1979.1
 

Cube

1991
gouache on paper
Museum Purchase, Elizabeth B. G. Hamlin Fund
1995.16
 

Line Etchings I-VI

2000
aquatints and etchings on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.1-.6
 

Line Etching IV

2000
aquatint and etching on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.4
 

Line Etching II

2000
aquatint and etching on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.2
 

Line Etching III

2000
aquatint and etching on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.3
 

Line Etching I

2000
aquatint and etching on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.1
 

Line Etching V

2000
aquatint and etching on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.5
 

Line Etching VI

2000
aquatint and etching on cream-colored handmade Awa-Kozo paper
Bequest of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
2011.69.254.6
 

Untitled

ca. 1960
oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, Laura T. and John H. Halford, Jr. Art Acquisition Fund
2013.15.3
 

Jumping

ca. 1960
oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, Laura T. and John H. Halford, Jr. Art Acquisition Fund
2013.15.1
 

Standing Figure

ca. 1960
oil on canvas
Museum Purchase, Laura T. and John H. Halford, Jr. Art Acquisition Fund
2013.15.2