Sol LeWitt

1928–2007

Sol LeWitt, ‘Wall Drawing #1136’ 2004
Wall Drawing #1136 2004
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Biography

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism.

LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation and artist's books. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.

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Sol LeWitt, ‘Wall Drawing #1136’ 2004

Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1136

2004
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Sol LeWitt, ‘Two Open Modular Cubes/Half-Off’ 1972

Sol LeWitt Two Open Modular Cubes/Half-Off

1972
T01865
Sol LeWitt, ‘Five Open Geometric Structures’ 1979

Sol LeWitt Five Open Geometric Structures

1979
T07144
Sol LeWitt, ‘A Wall Divided Vertically into Fifteen Equal Parts, Each with a Different Line Direction and Colour, and All Combinations’ 1970

Sol LeWitt A Wall Divided Vertically into Fifteen Equal Parts, Each with a Different Line Direction and Colour, and All Combinations

1970
T01766
Sol LeWitt, ‘Six Geometric Figures (+ Two) (Wall Drawings)’ 1980–1

Sol LeWitt Six Geometric Figures (+ Two) (Wall Drawings)

1980–1
T03100
Sol LeWitt, ‘A Square Divided Horizontally and Vertically into Four Equal Parts, Each with a Different Direction of Alternating Parallel Bands of Lines’ 1982

Sol LeWitt A Square Divided Horizontally and Vertically into Four Equal Parts, Each with a Different Direction of Alternating Parallel Bands of Lines

1982
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Sol LeWitt, ‘[no title]’ 1971

Sol LeWitt [no title]

1971
P07065
Sol LeWitt, ‘Small Etching/Black & White No.1’ 1999

Sol LeWitt Small Etching/Black & White No.1

1999
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ARTIST ROOMS Sol LeWitt - Turner Contemporary, Margate

Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing #1136 was installed across two walls of Turner Contemporary's Clore Learning Centre as part ...
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Sol Lewitt: Studio Visit

A rare opportunity to see Sol Lewitt's studio in Connecticut, USA

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Robert Morris, ‘Untitled’ 1965, reconstructed 1971
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Minimalism

Minimalism is an extreme form of abstract art developed in the USA in the 1960s and typified by artworks composed ...

Kazimir Malevich, ‘Dynamic Suprematism’ 1915 or 1916
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Non-objective art

Non-objective art defines a type of abstract art that is usually, but not always, geometric and aims to convey a ...

Sol LeWitt, ‘Two Open Modular Cubes/Half-Off’ 1972
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Modular

Modular is a term used particularly in relation to minimalism, referring to a work of art with constituent parts that ...

Sol LeWitt, ‘Two Open Modular Cubes/Half-Off’ 1972
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Serial art

Serial art is art that adheres to a strict set of rules to determine its composition or to determine a ...

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Interview with Helen Charash about the life and work of her late sister Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse (1936–1970) was born into a Jewish family in Hamburg. Aged only two, she and her five year ...

Julian Trevelyan, ‘Marakesh’ 1973
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Tate Debate: Is selling art, selling out?

The profession of an artist should come with a disclaimer ‘do well, but not too well’. Artists appear to tread ...

Trisha Donnelly Untitled 2010
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Wavelength: On Drawing and Sound in the Work of Trisha Donnelly: Involuntary Drawing

This article considers the relationship between drawing and sound in the work of American artist Trisha Donnelly (born 1974). Against ...

Boetti with Manifesto 1967 in 1970
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Giving time to time: Alighiero Boetti at Tate Modern I

One of the most important and influential Italian artists of the twentieth century, Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994) is renowned for ...

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ARTIST ROOMS: Young People and Learning 2009–10

This report describes and evaluates the ARTIST ROOMS learning initiatives launched in 2009–10 at Tate and the National Galleries ...

Sol LeWitt A Wall Divided Vertically into Fifteen Equal Parts, Each with a Different Line Direction and Colour, and All Combinations 1970
Tate Papers

Ideas in Transmission: LeWitt’s Wall Drawings and the Question of Medium

This article considers Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings as artworks poised on the cusp of the ‘post-medium condition’ of installation ...

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