Five Silk Screen Prints
Sol LeWitt
published 1970
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View on museum website →Medium
portfolio with five color screenprints
Dimensions
overall: 52.1 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Virginia Dwan
Accession Number
1992.70.2.1-5
About the Artist
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (1928–2007) was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents; his father, a doctor and inventor, died when Sol was six, after which he lived with his mother, a nurse, and an aunt in New Britain. His mother enrolled him in art classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum, fostering his early interest in drawing. LeWitt earned a BFA from Syracuse University in 1949, w...