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Working Drawing for Nongeometric Form: Splotch #22 (HEIGHT) (Primary Title)

Sol LeWitt, American, 1928 - 2007 (Artist)

2005
American
Drawings
Works On Paper
Pencil on paper
Modern and Contemporary Art
Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.72 × 60.96 cm)
Image: 14 13/16 × 16 13/16 in. (37.62 × 42.7 cm)
2007.74
Not on view

"Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically." —Sol LeWitt

These drawings are LeWitt’s studies for Splotch #22, the large sculpture in the center of the room. LeWitt saw these hand-drawn designs as the work’s footprint. Hedivided the footprints into hundreds of irregular cells. One drawing shows the random but equal assignment of primary and secondary colors to the cells; the other shows the cells’ various heights, given in inches. Using computer-generated renderings of LeWitt’s drawings, a fabricator built the sculpture with industrial-grade foam coated with epoxy resin and fiberglass, followed by paint and varnish.

Gift of the artist's estate
©artist or artist’s estate

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