Sol LeWitt
1928 to 2007
7 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Sol LeWitt across 6 places, from 1953 to 1993. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Sol LeWitt was documented, and when
1953year
New York Cityattested
“LeWitt moved to New York City in 1953 and set up a studio on the Lower East Side, in the old Ashkenazi Jewish settlement on Hester Street.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1953year
New Yorkattested
“LeWitt moved to New York City in 1953 and set up a studio on the Lower East Side, in the old Ashkenazi Jewish settlement on Hester Street.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1960year
New Yorkattested
“These experiences, combined with an entry-level job as a night receptionist and clerk he took in 1960 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, would influence LeWitt's later work.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1968year
Vietnamattested
“Since he created a work of art for Paula Cooper Gallery's inaugural show in 1968, an exhibition to benefit the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, thousands of LeWitt's drawings have been installed directly on the s…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1976year
Tribecaattested
“In 1976 LeWitt helped found Printed Matter, Inc, a non-profit art space in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City with fellow artists and critics Lucy Lippard, Carol Androcchio, Amy Baker (Sandback), Edit DeAk, Mike Glier, Nancy Linn,…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1984 to 1989period
Armonkattested
“Permanent murals by LeWitt can be found at, among others, the AXA Center, New York (1984–85); The Swiss Re headquarters Americas in Armonk, New York, the Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta (Wall Drawing #581, 1989/90); the Walter E.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1993year
The Hagueattested
“Interviewed in 1993 about those years LeWitt remarked, "I decided I would make color or form recede and proceed in a three-dimensional way." The Gemeentemuseum in The Hague presented his first retrospective exhibition in 1970, and his wo…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
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Places Sol LeWitt is documented in
New York2 presences · 1953 to 1960New York City1 presence · 1953The Hague1 presence · 1993Vietnam1 presence · 1968
Armonk1 presence · 1984
Tribeca1 presence · 1976
Other places tied to Sol LeWitt in the record
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1949year
Syracuse Universitymentioned
“After earning a BFA from Syracuse University in 1949, LeWitt traveled to Europe where he was exposed to Old Master paintings.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1958 to 1996period
The Haguementioned
“Other major exhibitions since include Sol LeWitt Drawings 1958-1992, which was organized by the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, the Netherlands in 1992 which traveled over the next three years to museums in the United Kingdom, Germany, Swit…”
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1958 to 1996period
United Kingdommentioned
“Other major exhibitions since include Sol LeWitt Drawings 1958-1992, which was organized by the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, the Netherlands in 1992 which traveled over the next three years to museums in the United Kingdom, Germany, Swit…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1966year
New Yorkmentioned
“In 1966, he participated in the "Primary Structures" exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York (a seminal show which helped define the minimalist movement), submitting an untitled, open modular cube of 9 units.”
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1968 to 1993period
United Statesmentioned
“1 Contemporary Center, Long Island City (Concrete Blocks); the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover (Twenty-Five Years of Wall Drawings, 1968-1993); and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (Incomplete Cubes), which traveled to…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1969year
Kunsthalle Bernmentioned
“He was later invited by Harald Szeemann to participate in "When Attitude Becomes Form," at the Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, in 1969.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1972year
Cambridge, Massachusettsmentioned
“In Wall Drawing #122, first installed in 1972 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, the work contains "all combinations of two lines crossing, placed at random, using arcs from corners and sides, straight, not straig…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1972year
Massachusettsmentioned
“In Wall Drawing #122, first installed in 1972 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, the work contains "all combinations of two lines crossing, placed at random, using arcs from corners and sides, straight, not straig…”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1972year
Kunsthalle Bernmentioned
“In 1972/1973, LeWitt's first museum shows in Europe were mounted at the Kunsthalle Bern and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1973year
Moore Collegementioned
“LeWitt was a signal innovator of the genre of the "artist's book," a term that was coined for a 1973 exhibition curated by Dianne Perry Vanderlip at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1975year
Wadsworth Atheneummentioned
“In 1975, Lewitt created "The Location of a Rectangle for the Hartford Atheneum" for the third MATRIX exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1980year
1981year
Fairmount Parkmentioned
“In 1981, LeWitt was invited by the Fairmount Park Art Association (currently known as the Association for Public Art) to propose a public artwork for a site in Fairmount Park.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
1985year
Baselmentioned
“In 1985, the first cement Cube was built in a park in Basel.”
source: Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt
2008year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Jack KerouacNew York City · 1953Nadine GordimerNew York · 1953Patricia HighsmithNew York · 1953Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of HarewoodNew York · 1953Danny KayeNew York · 1953Simone de BeauvoirNew York City · 1976Harvey WeinsteinNew York City · 1976Immanuel WallersteinNew York City · 1976Nicholas RayNew York City · 1976Tsui HarkNew York City · 1976Chris CooperNew York City · 1976Johnny WinterNew York City · 1976
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