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Sol LeWitt

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Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Sol LeWitt is known for Conceptual sculpture, geometric design wall painting.

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 Known for his modular white cube sculpture, geometric drawings and abstract design paintings including many wall paintings that took teams of people to execute, Sol LeWitt was a major promoter of dominant post World War II Conceptualism and Minimalism.  He used geometric shapes and lines to challenge his viewers, and sometimes they seemed logical and other times they seemed to have no basis in either reason or reality.

Although he was highly active in New York City, he shied away from any semblance of art celebrity life style and spent much of his later life working from his home and studio in Chester, Connecticut.  At the beginning of his career when he was gaining notoriety, conservative critics panned him fiercely.  Seeking to get away from the frenetic activity of the New York art scene, he went to Spoleto, Italy in the 1980s and remained there for many years.  The influence of Italian culture seemed to lend a new opulent quality to his   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 20414 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Sol LeWitt available:    Sam Lewis Francis,  Frank Stella,  Robert Burns Motherwell,  Jim Dine,  Robert Peter Mangold,  Josef Albers,  James Rosenquist,  Alex Katz,  Tom Wesselmann,  Keith Haring,  Claes Thure Oldenburg,  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson,  Ed Ruscha,  Roy Lichtenstein,  Robert E Indiana,  Yayoi Kusama,  Karel Christiaan Appel,  Christo & Jean Claude,  Richard Serra,  Helen Frankenthaler,  Robert Rauschenberg,  Donald Clarence Judd,  Larry Rivers,  Kenneth Noland



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Facts about Sol LeWitt

   Publications  Book References:  139
Magazine References:  62

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62 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Sol LeWitt
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Climbing the Walls for Art October 2005 Persin, Stephen Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions October 2005 Various Art in America Editors Yes
ARTnews Reviews October 2005 Various ARTnews Editors Yes
ARTnews Bubbling Over in Talent September 2004 Baker, Kenneth Yes
Art & Antiques Art Tomes September 2004 Mason, Brook Yes
American Art Review Mead Art Museum June 2004 Clark, Trinkett Yes
American Art Review The University Gallery-Fine Arts Ce June 2004 Coppola, Regina No
Art-Talk Auctions: Post War and Contemporary June 2004 Editors, Art Talk Yes
ARTFORUM No More Scale June 2004 Meyer, James Yes
ARTFORUM Language in the Vicinity of Art June 2004 Weiss, Jeffrey Yes
Art in America Alabama Assemblage May 2004 Rubintein, Raphael Yes
Art & Auction striking it rich May 2004 Tully, Judd No
Art & Auction The Avant Guardian May 2004 Villinger, Carina Yes
Art & Auction working on commission October 2003 Pollack, Barbara Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update May 2003 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update December 2002 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions December 2002 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk December 2002 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews "Don't Waste the Deduction" September 2002 Kinsella, Eileen No
American Art Review Painting & Sculpture from Smith April 2002 Muehlig, Linda Yes
Art in America Review of Books January 2002 Meyer, James No
Art & Antiques Top 100 Treasures November 2001 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art & Auction Around the Block November 2001 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
ARTFORUM Making Waves October 2001 Siegel, Katy Yes
ARTFORUM Openings July 2001 Editors, Art Forum Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update April 2001 Editors Yes
Art & Antiques Gallery Watch December 2000 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
Art in America Front Page December 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTFORUM Best of 200 December 2000 Editors, ARTFORUM Yes
Art in America Means and Ends November 2000 Kalina, Richard Yes
Art in America An Adieu to Cultural Purity October 2000 Heartney, Eleanor Yes
ARTnews Skirmish on the Point September 2000 Bayliss, Sarah Yes
Art in America Front Page May 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Issues & Commentary May 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Reviews May 2000 Editors, ARTNews Yes
Art in America Planning for Impermanence April 2000 Buskirk, Martha Yes
Art & Auction Market Place April 2000 Editors Yes
Art & Auction Around the Block January 2000 Powell, Nicholas No
Art & Antiques Wrapped in High Art December 1999 Wilson, Susannah M. Yes
Art & Antiques A & A Update November 1999 Editors Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk October 1999 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art in America Art Around the Hub June 1999 Buskirk Yes
ARTnews News Briefs June 1999 Editors Yes
Art & Auction Heirs to the Crown Point Tradition April 1999 Helfand, Glen No
Art & Auction Previews February 1999 Finkel, Jori Yes
Art & Antiques Going to Town November 1998 Rawlings, Irene Yes
ARTnews National News April 1998 Gladstone, Valerie Yes
Art & Antiques Nature Lovers December 1997 Melrod, George Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions November 1997 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Reviews November 1997 Editors, Art News Yes
ARTnews Big Name Artists March 1997 Berger, Laurel Yes
Art in America Report from Japan: Art: Live and in March 1997 Heartney, Eleanor Yes
Art in America Report from Sao Paulo March 1997 Leffingwell, Edward Yes
ARTnews Vasari Diary October 1996 Editors, Art News Yes
ARTnews Prints May 1996 Milant, Jean Yes
ARTnews Mothers, Mentors and January 1996 Sizemore, Gene Yes
ARTnews REviews November 1995 MacAdam, Alfred Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions June 1995 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Sol LeWitt January 1995 Stapen, Nancy Yes
Art & Auction In the Galleries November 1994 AU editors Yes
American Art Review Minimal to Conceptual October 1994 Donovan, Molly Yes
Art in America Year in the Life/Tropic of Painting October 1994 Saltz, Jerry Yes
139 Book References for Sol LeWitt
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 360 Yes
2012 Embury, Stuart; Brandon K. Ruud; Norman Geske; Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Introduction A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection (The Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 Yes
2012 Kennedy, Garry Neill The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978 455 Yes
2006 Scott, Kitty et al Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada)
(Exhibition catalog)		 137 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro) Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 246 Yes
2005 Pasternak, Anne; Peter Eleey The Plain of Heaven Creative Time
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 M. Govan, L. Cooke Dia: The Collection in Beacon 288 Yes
2003 Sherman, Charlotte (Essay) With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection 38 Yes
2001 Meyer, James Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties 340 No
2000 Garrels, Gary, etc (essays) Sol LeWitt
(Exhibition catalog)		 416 Yes
2000 Skold, Stacey (compiler) Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection 195 Yes
1999 Bann, Stephen, et al Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s 279 No
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Murphy, Bernice Sol Lewitt Wall Pieces
(Exhibition catalog)		 16 Yes
1997 Lucie-Smith, Edward Visual Arts in the 20th Century 400 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1996 Brown, Kathan Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press 287 Yes
1996 Dawtry, Liz (others) Investigating Modern Art 185 Yes
1996 Hopps, Walter (others) American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art 320 Yes
1996 Huemer, Peter Copy Book Art (Galerie Maerz) 134 Yes
1996 Ruzicka, Joseph Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking 220 Yes
1996 Sandler, Irving Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s 636 Yes
1996 Wood, James N/T Edelstein The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture 160 Yes
1995 Craig-Martin, Michael Drawing the Line Reappraising Drawing Past and Present
(Exhibition catalog)		 108 Yes
1995 Fineberg, Jonathan Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being 496 Yes
1995 Fuchs, Rudi/Adam D Weinberg Views from Abroad European Perspectives on American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 127 Yes
1995 Gale, Peggy Videotexts 154 No
1995 Hallmark Cards Hallmark Art Collections 1995 Acquisitions 10 No
1995 Hansen, Trudy (others) Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990 248 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1994 Altshuler, Bruce The Avant-Garde in Exhibition New Art in the 20th Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 288 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 Morgan, Robert C Conceptual Art An American Perspective 198 No
1994 Watson, Scott and Keith Wallace Hand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive 48 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Joachimides, Christos (others) American Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993
(Exhibition catalog)		 490 Yes
1993 Kostelanetz, Richard Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes 246 No
1992 Kurtz, Bruce D Contemporary Art 1965-1990 256 Yes
1992 Rose, Bernice Allegories of Modernism Contemporary Drawing
(Exhibition catalog)		 128 Yes
1992 Wood, Paul (others) Modernism in Dispute Art Since the Forties 267 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 Wexner Center, Ohio State U Breakthroughs Avant-Garde Artists in Europe & America 1950-1990 310 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Benezra, Neal (editor) Affinities and Intuitions Gerald S Elliott Collection of Contemporary Art 312 Yes
1990 Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
(Exhibition catalog)		 172 Yes
1990 Hall, Donald/Pat C Wykes Anecdotes of Modern Art From Rousseau to Warhol 377 No
1989 Armstrong, Elizabeth First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists
(Exhibition catalog)		 149 Yes
1989 Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition
(Exhibition catalog)		 230 Yes
1989 Block, Ursula and Michael Glasmeier Broken Music: Artists' Recordworks 278 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1989 Rotzler, Willy Constructive Concepts:A History Constructive Art from Cubism to the Present 332 Yes
1989 Stein, Donna Contemporary Illustrated Books Word and Image, 1967-1988
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 No
1988 Baker, Kenneth Minimalism Art of Circumstance 144 Yes
1988 Bellemare et al Stations (Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal)
(Exhibition catalog)		 207 Yes
1988 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting 418 Yes
1988 Sandler, Irving American Art of the 1960s 412 Yes
1988 Walker Art Center Lines in Two Directions and in Five Colors on Five colors
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Krane, Susan Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972 379 Yes
1987 Pincus-Witten, Robert Postminimalism into Maximalism American Art 1966-1986 429 No
1987 Strickler, Susan (editor) American Traditions in Watercolor Worcester Art Museum Collection 232 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Hunter, Sam An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 269 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Plante, Michael; Christopher Campbell, Megan Fox, et all Definitive Statements: American Art 1964-66 Brown University Department of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 181 No
1985 Ashton, Dore (Editor) Twentieth Century Artists on Art 302 No
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 290 Yes
1985 Jones, Caroline Modern Art at Harvard Formation of the 19th & 20th Cen Collections 144 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How 320 No
1984 Hunter, Sam The Museum of Modern Art, New York The History and the Collection 599 Yes
1984 Lucie-Smith, Edward Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition 288 Yes
1984 Lund Humphries Art of Our Time The Saatchi Collection (4 Vols) 700 Yes
1984 Marks, Claude World Artists 1950-1980 912 No
1984 Marshall, Richard American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 124 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Pincus-Witten, Robert Eye to Eye Twenty Years of Art Criticism 232 No
1984 Robins, Corrine The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981 246 Yes
1984 Severinghaus, J Walter Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection 333 Yes
1984 Wilson, William California Museums The Los Angeles Times Book of 288 Yes
1983 Kaplan, Ellen Prints A Collector's Guide 253 No
1983 Knipe, Tony (editor) Drawing in Air Sculptors' Drawing 1882-1982
(Exhibition catalog)		 187 Yes
1983 Museum of Contemporary Art The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 293 Yes
1982 Ashton, Dore American Art Since 1945 224 Yes
1982 Johnson, Ellen H (editor) American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980 274 No
1982 Young, Jane Drawings by Contemporary Sculptors (Surrey Art Gallery) 32 No
1981 Cummings, Paul Drawing Acquisitions, 1978-1981 Whitney Museum of American Art 64 No
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1981 Whitney Museum Twentieth Century Drawings Selections from the Whitney 136 No
1980 Castleman, Riva Printed Art: A View of Two Decades 144 Yes
1980 Institute of Contemporary Art Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience 64 Yes
1980 Johnson, Una E American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists 266 Yes
1980 University of Pennsylvania Drawings:The Pluralist Decade
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 No
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Brown, Milton W (others) American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts 616 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Frankel, Robert H New York Now
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1979 Krauss, Rosalind E Grids Format and Image in 20th Century Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1979 Shoemaker, Innis H (intro) Drawings about Drawing Today
(Exhibition catalog)		 85 No
1979 Taylor, Joshua C The Fine Arts in America 264 No
1978 Adams, Hugh Art of the Sixties 80 Yes
1978 Legg, Alicia (others) Sol Lewitt
(Exhibition catalog)		 181 Yes
1978 Walker, John Art Since Pop 110 Yes
1977 Acconci, Vito et al Image Bank Post Card Show 49 Yes
1977 Societe des Expositions American Art in Belgium
(Exhibition catalog)		 175 Yes
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 336 Yes
1976 Block, Rene SoHo, New York Downtown Mahhattan/Berliner Festwochen
(Exhibition catalog)		 431 No
1976 Cummings, Paul American Drawings The 20th Century 207 No
1976 Gottlieb, Carla Beyond Modern Art 434 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Johnson, Ellen H Modern Art and the Object A Century of Changing Values 240 No
1976 Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776 208 Yes
1975 Alloway, Lawrence Topics in American Art Since 1945 283 No
1975 Legg, Alicia American Art Since 1945 From the Collection of MOMA 84 Yes
1975 Smith College One Hundred/An Exhibition to Celebrate the Centenial Year
(Exhibition catalog)		 83 No
1974 Busch, Julia A Decade of Sculpture The 1960s 236 Yes
1974 Gidley, Mick Catalogue of American Paintings in British Public Collections 58 No
1974 Richardson, Tony/Nikos Stangos Concepts of Modern Art 355 No
1973 Solomon, Elke M American Drawings 1963-1973
(Exhibition catalog)		 62 No
1973 Van Der Marck, Jan American Art Third Quarter Century
(Exhibition catalog)		 138 Yes
1972 Hunter, Sam American Art of the 20th Century 487 Yes
1972 Kahmen, Volker Eroticism in Contemporary Art 282 Yes
1971 Calas, Nicolas and Elena Icons and Images of the Sixties 347 No
1969 Faulkner, Ray; Edwin Ziegfeld Art Today 542 Yes
1968 Aldrich, Larry Cool Art - 1967
(Exhibition catalog)		 30 No
1968 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Minimal Art A Critical Anthology 448 No
1968 Goosen, E C Art of the Real U S A 1948-1968 64 Yes
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