Color Bands

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, 2010.65.5, © 2000, The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork Details

Title: Color Bands
Artist: Sol LeWitt
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: Graphic Arts
Print
Subjects: Abstract
Object Number: 2010.65.5
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2010.65.5

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.