His prolific two and three-dimensional work ranges from wall drawings (over 1200 of which have been executed) to hundreds of works on paper extending to structures in the form of towers, pyramids, geometric forms, and progressions.These works range in size from gallery-sized installations to monumental outdoor pieces. MASS MoCA North Adams, MA, United States. LeWitt is regarded as a founder of both Minimal and Conceptual art.

Model for Brick Structure (four domes and a sphere) Sol LeWitt 2003. Over the course of his prolific and influential career, Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) produced approximately 1,350 wall drawings, comprising approximately 3,500 installations at more than 1,200 venues.

Wall Drawing #1136 Sol LeWitt 2004. Splotch #3 Sol LeWitt 2000. Arcs, circle, and irregular bands.

Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing 1: Drawing Series II 18 (A & B), October 1968 Artwork Info Artwork title Wall Drawing 1: Drawing Series II 18 (A & B) Artist name Sol LeWitt Date created October 1968 Classification drawing Medium graphite on wall Dimensions two elements, each: 48 in.

Before showing your students the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s take on Wall Drawing 273 , you can give them the instructions (pictured above) and have them create their own version.

These occupy nearly an acre of specially built interior walls that have been installed—per LeWitt’s own specifications—over three stories of a historic mill building situated at the heart of MASS MoCA’s campus. Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1139: Forms composed of bands of black and white 2004 Acrylic paint Dimensions variable Installation view, Lisson Gallery, London Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing No.

Wall Drawing 273, Sol LeWitt, 1975 How would you do it? Let’s see if we can follow a set of Sol LeWitt’s wall drawing instructions to create our own drawing. Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism. The drawing, conceived with student participation in mind, was first executed by four Amherst College sculpture students. Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings Paperback – August 15, 2006 by Sol Lewitt (Artist) 4.0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings.

This article considers Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings as artworks poised on the cusp of the ‘post-medium condition’ of installation art. While the wall drawings are site-specific, they eschew the spectacular, immersive effects of subsequent multi-media installation art.

Wall Drawing #915 Sol LeWitt 1999-09. Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings 1,350 Wall Drawings in four decades.

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Irregular Grid Sol LeWitt 2001. Sol LeWitt American, 1928–2007 Wall Drawing No. Read the instructions for LeWitt’s Wall Drawing below.

Sol LeWitt was an American artist often regarded as the founder of Conceptual and Minimal art. 821 A square is divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts, each with a different direction of alternating flat black and glossy black bands 681 C / A wall divided vertically into four equal squares separated and bordered by black bands. Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective comprises 105 of LeWitt’s large-scale wall drawings, spanning the artist’s career from 1969 to 2007.