Linocut in colors on vellum (Somerset Velvet Radiant White)
USA, 2005
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) – US-American Minimal Art artist
Signed and numbered lower right in pencil ‘Sol LeWitt 31/50’
Publisher: Arte Y Naturaleza, Madrid, Spanien
Print: Keigo Takahashi, assisted by Gabriel Hurier, Watanabe Studio, Ltd., New York
Catalog raisonné: Krakow 2005.03
Dimensions of the depiction: approx. 43 x 117.3 cm
Sheet dimensions: 57.5 x 134 cm
Very good condition
Linocut in thick saturated colors of the work ‘Whirls and Twirls’, which has previously been executed as oversized murals in different places
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 3,000 Euro

Sol LeWitt has executed ‘Whirls and Twirls’ as murals in different locations worldwide. While the forms are curvilinear, playful and seem almost random, they are drawn according to an exacting set of guidelines. The bands are a standard width, for example, and no colored section may touch another section of the same color.

Condition:

The linocut is in very good condition. The dimensions of the depiction are approximately 43 x 117.3 cm and the sheet measures 57.5 x 134 cm.

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)

Sol LeWitt was born in 1928 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. From 1945 to 1949 he studied at the School of Visual Arts of Syracuse University. In 1953 he settled in New York, where he worked as a graphic designer and later also taught at various art schools. In the early 1960s, the artist developed his own style with geometric sculptures and modular work. By sobriety and logic of his work and by theoretical statements Sol LeWitt was an important stimulator of conceptual art. (tm)

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