Josef Albers and Sol LeWitt are split by fundamentally different understandings of their work, but united by a powerful, overarching and defining goal, the avoidance of emphatic ideas of authorship and the de-emphasis, even, of the star system inside an author's own oeuvre. Both keep their works from getting uppity by making each one part of a serial long-term study, rather than an individual potential masterpiece. LeWitt acknowledges and pays tribute to Albers's significance in his artistic development, and to the two men ...
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Josef Albers and Sol LeWitt are split by fundamentally different understandings of their work, but united by a powerful, overarching and defining goal, the avoidance of emphatic ideas of authorship and the de-emphasis, even, of the star system inside an author's own oeuvre. Both keep their works from getting uppity by making each one part of a serial long-term study, rather than an individual potential masterpiece. LeWitt acknowledges and pays tribute to Albers's significance in his artistic development, and to the two men's connections, in Seven Basic Colors and All Their Combinations in a Square Within a Square, the title wall drawing, installed in the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop and reproduced here in its entirety
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Add this copy of Sol Lewitt: Seven Basic Colours and All Their to cart. $200.13, very good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by Richter|Fey Verlag GmbH.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition. 9783937572352. Art History: c 1900-Near Fine 2007 paperback, illustrated, English and German language text. Light sticker residue to top rear of spine only, bright and unmarked. Size: 232\nx 292\nx 19.05mm. 56 pages. Text is in English, German. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art History: c 1900-; English, German Language; ISBN: 393757235X. ISBN/EAN: 9783937572352. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088347.
Add this copy of Sol Lewitt: Wall Drawing 1176--Seven Basic Colors and to cart. $2,470.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Richter Verlag.
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New. 393757235X. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in German and English. 136 pp.; 46 ills. --with a bonus offer--
