Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour

Date1977

Artist Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007)

CultureAmerican

MediumOffset-printed artist's book, staple bound

EditionFirst edtion

Dimensions7 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 1/8 in. (19.69 x 20 x 0.32 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Timothy Cole Fund

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

InscribedInterior, printed on title page center: Sol LeWitt / Four / Basic / Kinds / of Lines / & Colour; printed on colophon page center: Published by: Lisson Gallery, London. Studio International, London. / Paul David, Press, New York. Copyright: Sol LeWitt 1969 & 1971.; lower center edge: Printed in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

ProvenancePurchased from Laurence McGilvery

Vassar Exhibitions

On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print

Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022
DescriptionA stapled booklet illustrating 34 ways that basic lines (horizontal, vertical, left-facing diagonal and right-facing diagonal) can be rendered in four separate colors (red, yellow, blue and black), with each page displaying a single combination (for example, horizontal lines in blue). Each left-hand page offers a black-and-white study of four types of lines executed in all possible combinations, while right-hand pages present a combinatory system of lines in the four colors. The book opens with a two-page key overviewing all permutations that follow. Description courtesy of Lisson Gallery.

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