Wall Drawings 790A–D: Irregular Alternating Color Bands
1995
Graphite, ink washes

Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in New York, New York. He was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual Art and Minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and “structures” (a term he preferred instead of “sculptures”), but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography and painting. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.

Between 1968 and his death in 2007, LeWitt created more than 1,270 wall drawings. The wall drawings, executed on-site, often exist for the duration of an exhibition; they are then destroyed, giving the work in its physical form an ephemeral quality. They can be installed, removed and then reinstalled in another location, as many times as required for exhibition purposes.