The Location of a Straight Black Line, a Not-Straight Yellow Line, a Broken Red Line and a Straight Blue Line
1975
Artist, American, 1928 - 2007
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite with colored pen on poster board
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 × 38.42 cm (15 × 15 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2742
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983
2006
Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 238, no. 1585.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: The Location of a Straight Black Line, / a Not-Straight Yellow Line, / a Broken Red Line and a Straight / Blue Line. / Sol Lewitt / August 5, 1975 / NYC; upper left verso in black ink on tape by unknown hand: - 138
Markings
lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: B
Wikidata ID
Q64632606