Color Bands

Sol LeWitt, Color Bands, 2000, linocut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation, 2010.65.4, © 2000, The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Sol LeWitt, Color Bands, 2000, linocut on paper, sheet and image: 29 x 29 in. (73.7 x 73.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the C.K. Williams Foundation, 2010.65.4, © 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
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
2010.65.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2010.65.4

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 (2 items)

Jules Jourdain, Santa Gudula, obverse, 1931, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle, 1972.167.69A
Santa Gudula, obverse
Artist
Date1931
bronze
Not on view
Jules Jourdain, Santa Gudula, reverse, 1931, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle, 1972.167.69B
Santa Gudula, reverse
Artist
Date1931
bronze
Not on view