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Yellow Lines, Not Straight, Not Touching

1978

Sol LeWitt

Associated Names

Sol LeWitt

Artist, American, 1928 - 2007

The image shows yellow lines curving and weaving across a white background. The composition consists of continuous lines forming intricate patterns similar to brain folds or a topographical map. The lines create an interlocking maze-like structure without intersecting or touching, resembling swirling streams or tangled spaghetti in an orderly layout.

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Artwork overview

Medium

yellow felt-tip pen and graphite on wove 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: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.75

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

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

Sol LeWitt a retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2000-2001, cat. no. (plate) 2.

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, 82

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: YELLOW LINES, NOT STRAIGHT, NOT TOUCHING / Sol LeWitt

Wikidata ID

Q64632587

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