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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Incomplete Cube

1974

Sol LeWitt

Associated Names

Sol LeWitt

Artist, American, 1928 - 2007

The image shows a series of interconnected geometric shapes with clean, precise lines forming an abstract composition resembling an impossible object.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and black ink over graphite on tracing paper
Credit Line

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Dimensions

overall: 30.4 x 30.4 cm (11 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.65

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Exhibition History

1977

Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, November 11, 1977-January 1, 1978

1986

Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Art Galleries, Little Rock and tour, 1986-1987

1988

From the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York and tour, 1988-1989

Bibliography

1977

Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1977, 90.

1986

Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Art Galleries, Little Rock, 1986, 51

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: S.LeWitt; lower left in graphite: 8/16x

Wikidata ID

Q64632583

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