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Sol LeWitt

1928–2007

American conceptual artist known for wall drawings and structures based on written instructions. The idea is the machine that makes the art.

WALL DRAWING #1

"Drawing series, lines from the center of the page to each corner and to the midpoint of each side."

1968

All Combinations of Line Directions

Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal Left, Diagonal Right

V
H
DL
DR
V+H
V+DL
V+DR
H+DL
H+DR
DL+DR
V+H+DL
V+H+DR
V+DL+DR
H+DL+DR
ALL

Color Permutations

All possible pairs from red, blue, yellow, black

red + blue
red + yellow
red + black
blue + yellow
blue + black
yellow + black

Instruction Generator

Generate and execute random LeWitt-style instructions

Open Cube Structures

Variations of incomplete open cubes

Complete Cube
Missing Front
Missing Top
Missing Two Faces

Wall Drawing Catalog

A selection of instructions and their executions

#1

Lines from center to corners

#2

Vertical lines filling the square

#3

Concentric circles

#4

Random straight lines

#5

Grid of horizontal and vertical lines

#6

Arcs from each corner