ID 1304055
Lot 152 | SOL LEWITT (1928-2007)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
Wall Drawing #377, Isometric figure with background, drawn with lines in four directions
black pencil wall drawing
installation dimensions variable
First drawn in July 1982 by Marianne Gunther and Jo Watanabe at Galleria Massimo Minini, Milan. This work is accompanied by a diagram and a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1988
Literature
Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings 1968-1984, exh. cat., Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1984, pp. 139, 154,193, 198, 200 and 206 no. 377 (illustrated).
Sol LeWitt in Italia, exh. cat., Perugia, CERP (Centro Espositivo della Rocca Paolina), 1998, pp. 26-27 and 116 (illustrated).
L'Italia nei Wall Drawings di Sol LeWitt, exh. cat., Milan, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, 2012, pp. 33, 169 and 198 (illustrated).
Cahiers D’Art Institute, Sol Lewitt Wall Drawings and Complete Writings, digital (illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria Massimo Minini, Sol LeWitt, October-November 1982.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Into a New Museum: Recent Gifts and Other Acquisitions of Contemporary Art, January-June 1995.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sol LeWitt: A Retrospective, February 2000-February 2001, pp. 217 and 407, no. 157 (illustrated).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Points of Departure: Connecting with Contemporary Art, March-October 2001.
Artist: | Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Artist: | Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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