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Maker(s):LeWitt, Sol
Culture:American (1922-2007)
Title:Untitled
Date Made:1999
Type:Drawing
Materials:gouache on 100% cotton paper
Measurements:Frame: 18 3/8 in x 18 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 46.7 cm x 46 cm x 4.4 cm; Sheet: 11 15/16 in x 10 15/16 in; 30.3 cm x 27.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed and dated lower right: Sol Lewitt 99
Accession Number:  AC 2013.113
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Patricia Pence
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
In the 1980s LeWitt started using gouache, an opaque water-based paint, to produce free-flowing abstract works in contrasting colors. The gouaches, which he painted with his own hands, represent a significant departure from his other works as a conceptual artist, which are mostly large-scale works executed by assistants.

LeWitt’s works reflect his interest in the play between geometric regularity and relations between colors. He created most of these small-scale gouaches in series, which allowed him to explore variations. This painting seems to belong to the series "Parallel Curves" and owes its effect to the use of complementary colors.

BJ, 2014

Tags:
abstract; conceptual art

Subjects:
Art, Abstract; Conceptual art; Cotton

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