A Square of Manhattan without a Rectangle

1978

Sol LeWitt

Associated Names
Sol LeWitt

Artist, American, 1928 - 2007

This is an aerial photograph of a cityscape. The image shows a densely built urban environment with a grid-like street layout, various buildings, roads, and waterways. A large white rectangular space is centrally placed, covering some features of the area below. The left side of the image features waterfront with docks and piers extending into water. The right side shows a watercourse dividing the cityscape with visible bridges. At the center-bottom, there is a handwritten message. The photograph is in black and white, giving it a historical or mid-20th-century aesthetic.
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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

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, 71

Inscriptions

lower center in black felt-tip pen: A Square of / Manhattan / without / a / Rectangle / Sol LeWitt / R 790

Wikidata ID

Q64170639

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