Study for Wall Drawing: Kunsthalle, Berne Switzerland, 1972

Name: Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Brand: Study for Wall Drawing: Kunsthalle, Berne Switzerland, 1972
Price: 5000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 6,250

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GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

Closed: 20 Sep 2018

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Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)

Study for Wall Drawing: Kunsthalle, Berne Switzerland, 1972

Price Realised GBP 6,250

Closed: 20 Sep 2018

Price Realised GBP 6,250

Closed: 20 Sep 2018

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Study for Wall Drawing: Kunsthalle, Berne Switzerland, 1972
signed and dated 'Sol Lewitt 1972' (lower edge)
ink and graphite on paper
7⅞ x 11⅝in. (20 x 29.5cm.)
Executed in 1972

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1974.

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Lot Essay

Executed in 1972 and having remained in the same collection, is Sol Lewitt’s preparatory sketch for one of the wall drawings from his celebrated series. Lewitt created a series of wall drawings, each a rigorous combination of lines, grids and shapes drawn according to his precise diagrams and instructions. Lewitt named his wall drawings ‘continuous forms’ owing to their endless reproducibility and variation; what mattered to him was the concept and not its visualization. presents five possible compositions inked in black on brown paper, each pattern a slight different cast of lines. The study provides a glimpse into Lewitt’s process, the planning behind the conceptual gesture.