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A Circle of Manhattan without a Rectangle

1978

Sol LeWitt

Artist, American, 1928 - 2007

Sol LeWitt

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print with rectangle cut out of center
Credit Line

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

overall: 39.2 x 39.2 cm (15 7/16 x 15 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.77

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

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, 72

2025

The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

lower center in black felt-tip pen: A Circle of / Manhattan / without / a rectangle / Sol LeWitt / R786

Wikidata ID

Q64170629

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