Color Bands

Sol LeWitt, Color Bands, 2000, linocut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation, 2010.65.6, © 2000, The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Sol LeWitt, Color Bands, 2000, linocut on paper, sheet and image: 2929 in. (73.773.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation, 2010.65.6, © 2000, The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork Details

Title
Color Bands
Artist
Date
2000
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 2929 in. (73.773.7 cm)
Copyright
© 2000, The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation
Mediums Description
linocut on paper
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
2010.65.6

Artwork Description

Sol LeWitt's work explores the near infinite possibilities of color and line. Color Bands is a series of eight prints in which mesmerizing curves and lines play on the optical effects of adjacent colors. LeWitt was a self-proclaimed conceptual artist who believed that his finished artworks served as concepts rather than as inherently valuable objects. For Color Bands, he composed a set of drawings and measurements that were executed by a master printmaker.

Works by this artist (4 items)

Howard Newman, Temptress, 1978, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.30.54
Temptress
Date1978
bronze
On view
Howard Newman, Half Woman, Quarter Bird, 1974-1975, bronze/cast, assembled and screwed, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.68, © 1975, Howard Newman
Half Woman, Quarter Bird
Date1974-1975
bronze/cast, assembled and screwed
Not on view
Howard Newman, Untitled, 1979, graphite and brown watercolor wash on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.30.53
Untitled
Date1979
graphite and brown watercolor wash on paper
Not on view
Howard Newman, Winter, 1978, bronze on integral base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.30.55
Winter
Date1978
bronze on integral base
Not on view