Sol LeWittSix Geometric Figures (+ Two) (Wall Drawings) 1980-81

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Artist
Sol LeWitt (1928‑2007)
Title
Six Geometric Figures (+ Two) (Wall Drawings)
Date 1980-81
MediumChalk and vinyl emulsion paint on wall
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Purchased 1980
Reference
T03100
On loan to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (North Adams, USA)

Catalogue entry

T03100 ON FOUR BLACK WALLS, WHITE VERTICAL PARALLEL LINES, AND IN THE CENTRE OF THE WALLS, EIGHT GEOMETRIC FIGURES (INCLUDING CROSS, X.) WITHIN WHICH ARE WHITE HORIZONTAL PARALLEL LINES. THE VERTICAL LINES DO NOT ENTER THE FIGURES 1980–1

Wall drawing, not inscribed
White chalk or white crayon and matt black emulsion paint on wall surface, dimensions variable
Purchased from the Lisson Gallery (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
Exh: Daniel Buren, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Fred Sandback, Lisson Gallery, May 1980 (six figures only, no catalogue)
Lit: Sol LeWitt, Susanna Singer, Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings 1968–1984, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1984, pp.115, 190, fig.335, repr.pp… (read more)

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