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An off-white printed page features an irregular trapezoid-like form that is made up of small, geometric shapes outlined with dark graphite. Each shape has something written inside of it.

A rectangular, off-white printed page features an irregular trapezoid-like form in the center. The form’s shorter side points down. The form is made up of many small, geometric shapes outlined with dark graphite. The variety of shapes include triangles, squares, trapezoids, and pentagons. Each shape has something written inside of it.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M22454
People
Sol LeWitt, American (Hartford, CT 1928 - 2007 New York, NY)
Title
1st Stage Etching
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Complex Form preparatory material
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1988
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/263181

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with graphite annotations on white, machine wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 30.3 × 45.1 cm (11 15/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
sheet: 35.2 × 45.1 cm (13 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, New Hampshire], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, July 13, 1994.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
working proof, 1st stage

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Sol LeWitt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
M22454
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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