Lot 179
  • 179

Sol LeWitt

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sol Lewitt
  • Cube Structure Based on Five Modules (3 2 1 2 3)
  • signed and dated 1974 on the underside

  • painted wood

  • 22 1/8 by 36 by 22 1/8 in. 56.2 by 91.4 by 56.2 cm.

Provenance

John Weber Gallery, New York
Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Peder Bonnier, New York
PaceWildenstein, New York
Private Collection, United States
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, PaceWildenstein, Sol LeWitt: Structures 1962-2003, February - March 2004

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are minor cracks at some of the joins and corners which do not compromise the sculpture’s overall stability. There is evidence of very light wear and handling.
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Catalogue Note

"Serial systems and their permutations function as a narrative that has to be understood. People still see things as visual objects without understanding what they are... It can be read as a story, just as music can be heard as form in time." - Sol LeWitt