Short Straight Lines, Not Touching, Drawn at Random and Evenly Distributed Over the Area

1972

Sol LeWitt

Associated Names
Sol LeWitt

Artist, American, 1928 - 2007

The image shows a pattern of short, straight lines scattered densely across the entire canvas. The abstract arrangement resembles a field of tiny dashes or pencil strokes, creating an intricate and almost tactile visual effect.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York, NY; purchase/gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • MoMA

1987

  • Beyond the Picture: Works by Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle from the Collection of Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 3 May-5 June 1987

1992

  • Sol LeWitt Drawings, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague; Westfalisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1992-1994.

2000

  • "Force-Fields: Phases of the Kinetic", Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Hayward Gallery, London, 2000, unnumbered catalogue reproduction.

Bibliography

1987

  • Beyond the Picture: Works by Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle from the Collection of Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 1987, 59

2000

  • Force Fields: phases of the kinetic. Barcelona, 2000: unnumbered.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: Short straight lines, not touching, drawn at random and evenly distributed over the area / Sol LeWitt MAY 12 1972

Wikidata ID

Q64632579

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