Sol LeWitt

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2002

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly softer, with the blue tending more towards a dark electric blue and the greenish-ochre more to a rich ochre in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a number of artist's pinholes present along the top and bottom edges. Some scattered spots of pigment irregularity are visible upon close inspection, particularly to the lower right quadrant. There are a few media surface irregularities to the paper, inherent to the artist's chosen medium and original to the work's execution. A tiny pinprick-sized media loss is visible to one of these irregularities at the centre of the composition. There are two minute spots of media accretion approximately 20cm. to the right of the extreme bottom left corner tip, as well as a few scattered pinprick-sized spots of media accretion adhering to the work's surface elsewhere. Some minute dust fibres have been trapped between the surface of the work and the plexiglass. There are a number of minute tears along the top and bottom edges.
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