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Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
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Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)

Wall drawing #547

Details
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Wall drawing #547
wall installation--multiple asymmetrical pyramids with color ink washes superimposed
dimensions variable
Executed in 1986. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
John Weber Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
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Lot Essay

“When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art... Conceptual art is not necessarily logical. The logic of a piece or series of pieces is a device that is used at times only to be ruined. Logic may be used to camouflage the real intent of the artist, to lull the viewer into the belief that he understands the work, or to infer a paradoxical situation (such as logic vs. illogic)... Ideas are discovered by intuition.” (S. LeWitt, quoted in Sol LeWitt: a Retrospective, exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2000, p. 369)

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