The Area of Manhattan between the McGraw-Hill Building, Columbus Circle, and Tompkins Square

1977

Sol LeWitt

Associated Names
Sol LeWitt

Artist, American, 1928 - 2007

The image shows an elongated triangular shape with sharply angled sides on a plain white background. Inside the triangle, there is a pattern resembling an aerial view of city blocks with grids and rectangles of varying shades and textures covering the surface, reminiscent of an urban landscape seen from above.
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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

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

2011

  • Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1965-1977, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2011 - 2012, unnumbered catalogue.

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, 69.

Inscriptions

center verso in black felt-tip pen: THE AREA OF / MANHATTAN / BETWEEN THE / MCGRAW-HILL / BUILDING, COL- / UMBUS CIRCLE, / AND TOMPKINS / SQUARE. SOL / LEWITT / R748

Wikidata ID

Q64170426

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