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Untitled (Sketch for Kunsthalle, Bern)
Sol LeWitt
Contemporary Art
Sol LeWitt was a mentor to many younger artists and writers. He was so significant to Lippard’s thinking that she dedicated Six Years to him. While his own practice always led to materialized works, he defined his artistic method as Conceptual, because he would always start from an idea, often permutations of a basic form or repetition of an operation, which he called the “machine that makes the art.” These two sketches show him elaborating the multiple forms of open cubes, and some of the various configurations possible for parallel straight lines.
MEDIUM
India ink on paper
DATES
ca. 1966–1972
DIMENSIONS
16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.170.15
CREDIT LINE
Anonymous gift
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007). Untitled (Sketch for Kunsthalle, Bern), ca. 1966–1972. India ink on paper, 16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 88.170.15. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 88.170.15_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 88.170.15_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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