Color Bands

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
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, 2010.65.8, © 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
Subjects
  • 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.

Works by this artist (12 items)

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Gustaf Oscar Dalström, Railroad Station 1880 (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office and Courthouse), 1941, tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.90
Railroad Station 1880 (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri…
Artist
Date1941
tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard
Not on view
Gustaf Oscar Dalström, Abandoned Farm, 1934, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.418
Abandoned Farm
Artist
Date1934
etching on paper
Not on view
Gustaf Oscar Dalström, (Untitled) (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office and Courthouse), 1941, tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.91
(Untitled) (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office…
Artist
Date1941
tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard
Not on view
Gustaf Oscar Dalström, Night, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.529
Night, Chicago World’s Fair
Artist
Date1933
etching on paper
Not on view

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Claire Falkenstein, City is Man, 1941-1952, linocut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.14, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Date1941-1952
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Claire Falkenstein, Untitled, 1976, embossed paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.18, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Artist
Date1976
embossed paper
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Claire Falkenstein, Mandala, 1977, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.19, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Artist
Date1977
lithograph
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Les Quais de la Seine a Paris
Artist
Date1917
hand-colored etching on postcard
Not on view