Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)

Horizontal Progression #1

Details

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Horizontal Progression #1
painted aluminum
18 ¼ x 81 ½ x 18 ¼ in. (46.4 x 207 x 46.4 cm.)
Executed in 1991. This work is unique, and is accompanied by a photo-certificate signed by the artist.

Provenance

Donald Young Gallery, Seattle
Stephen Mazoh, Rhinebeck
Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Seattle, Donald Young Gallery, Sol LeWitt: New Structures, November 1991-January 1992.
New York, Pace Gallery, Sol LeWitt: Horizontal Progressions, January-February 2014, n.p. (illustrated).

Lot Essay

“Because of the possibilities for multiplication inherent in the grid form, a basic and seemingly unlimited vocabulary was at LeWitt's disposal... [the] serial form produced multipart pieces of finite order but infinite complexity.” (A. Legg, Sol LeWitt, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, p. 9).

Horizontal Progression #1

Lot Essay

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