Wall Drawing #260, On Black Walls, All Two-Part Combinations of White Arcs from Corners and Sides, and White Straight, Not-Straight, and Broken Lines
Sol LeWitt
American, 1928–2007
1975
A site-specific crayon-on-painted-wall installation in which Sol LeWitt turns a written set of rules into a visible inventory of every two-part combination of arcs and varied straight lines, exploring how simple instructions generate complex patterns.
Seen in the room, the black walls are pierced by a steady field of crisp white arcs, diagonals, and broken segments whose repeated, measured marks read like an abstract map or musical score stretched to architectural scale.
The work embodies LeWitt’s conceptual project— privileging idea and system over individual execution—redefining authorship through instructions and opening paths for minimal, process-based, and participatory art practices.
Medium
Crayon on painted wall
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Dimensions variable
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Credit
Gift of an anonymous donor
Accession
517.1978
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