Arcs and Bands in Color
Sol LeWitt
American, 1928–2007
1999/2003
A bold screenprint of overlapping circles and rectangles filled with repeating arcs and vertical bands of saturated color, in which Sol LeWitt applies his systematic, rule-driven method to a playful geometric design.
What strikes you is the flat, intense palette—rainbow stripes and semicircles that interlock and rhythmically push and pull across the white paper, producing a pulsating sense of movement within strict, hard-edged forms.
By translating his serial, instruction-based practice into print, LeWitt marries conceptual rigor with Op‑Art-like color and helped show that idea-driven art could also be vividly decorative and visually kinetic.
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
composition: 29 x 35 3/16" (73.7 x 89.3 cm); sheet: 30 3/4 x 37" (78.1 x 94 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the LeWitt Family in honor of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Accession
593.2014
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