Color Bands

Media - 2010.65.8 - SAAM-2010.65.8_1 - 73514
Copied Sol LeWitt, Color Bands, 2000, linocut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation, 2010.65.8, © 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: 29 x 29 in. (73.7 x 73.7 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
Keywords
  • Abstract
Object Number
2010.65.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2010.65.8

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.