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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 17, 2016 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art Afternoon Sale | 445 | $****** - ****** | Six Drawings: straight lines, approximately one inch long | |||
Nov 11, 1993 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art - Part II | 118 | Estimates not disclosed | Drawings, one inch long lines |
Works on Paper
43.2 x 53.3 cm (17 x 21 in)
six elements--ink on paper
each signed, titled and dated:
i. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn horizontally and vertically, at random, within a rectangle. September 24, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
ii. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn diagonally left to right and diagonally right to left, at random, within a rectangle. September 30, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
iii. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn horizontally, and diagonally left to right, at random within a rectangle Sept 25, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
iv. 'Straight lines approximately one inch long, drawn horizontally and diagonally right to left, at random, within a rectangle Sept 26, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
v. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn vertically and diagonally left to right at random within a rectangle September 27, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
vi. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn vertically and diagonally right to left, at random, within a rectangle. September 28, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
John Weber Gallery, New York
The Dunkelman Gallery, Toronto, 1971
Private collection, Michigan
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 1993, lot 118
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Montreal, Museum of Contemporary Art; Champaign, Krannert Museum of Art, University of Illinois; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, Sol LeWitt, February 1978-August 1979, no. 67.
each signed, titled and dated:
i. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn horizontally and vertically, at random, within a rectangle. September 24, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
ii. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn diagonally left to right and diagonally right to left, at random, within a rectangle. September 30, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
iii. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn horizontally, and diagonally left to right, at random within a rectangle Sept 25, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
iv. 'Straight lines approximately one inch long, drawn horizontally and diagonally right to left, at random, within a rectangle Sept 26, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
v. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn vertically and diagonally left to right at random within a rectangle September 27, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
vi. 'Straight lines, approximately one inch long, drawn vertically and diagonally right to left, at random, within a rectangle. September 28, 1970 Sol Lewitt' (lower left)
six elements--ink on paper
each: 17 x 21 in. (43.1 x 53.3 cm.)
Drawn in 1970.
