Plate (folio 39) from Six Geometric Figures and All Their Combinations, Volume II
Sol LeWitt
American, 1928–2007
1980
An etching from Sol LeWitt’s illustrated book in which the artist uses simple geometric shapes and opposing line directions to systematically explore permutations of form and orientation.
A field of thin, evenly spaced horizontal lines is crisply interrupted by vertically hatched triangles and a rectangle, the reversed line directions producing a calm yet vibrating contrast across the page.
The work exemplifies LeWitt’s conceptual, rule-based practice—using serial variation and strict systems to refocus art from personal expression to the visibility of operations and instructions.
Medium
One from an illustrated book with sixty-three etchings
Dimensions
composition: 7 7/8 x 7 15/16" (20 x 20.1 cm); page: 9 1/16 × 9 1/8" (23 × 23.1 cm)
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Credit
Gift of Allen Skolnick
Accession
617.1987.38
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