A wall drawing of squares with geometric shapes in various colors.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The drawing covers the four walls of the lobby of the building and the stairwells on either side. It is made of blocks of colors in various geometric shapes, such as rectangles, triangles, rhomboids and parallelograms over which large squares outlined in white have been applied.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.201
People
Sol LeWitt, American (Hartford, CT 1928 - 2007 New York, NY)
Title
Wall Drawing #830 (Four Isometric Figures With Color Ink Washes Superimposed)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1997
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274014

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and acrylic paint on Arthur M. Sackler Building lobby walls
Dimensions
967.74 x 1645.92 x 612.65 cm (381 x 648 x 241 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sol LeWitt, Chester, Connecticut, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund and through the generosity of The Beal Family Foundation, Gabriella De Ferrari, The Hale Foundation, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Peter Soriano, and two Anonymous Donors
Copyright
© Estate of Sol LeWitt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.201
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 1997-98 (Cambridge, MA, 1999), p. 23, repr.
  • James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), p. 19

Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1940 to 2000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/2000 - 08/27/2000

Verification Level

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