The Area of Manhattan Between 117 Hester St. and the Three Galleries where Sol LeWitt has had Exhibitions of His Work: The John Weber Gallery, 420 West Broadway, the Divan Gallery, the John Daniels Gallery
1977
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 38.8 x 7.5 cm (15 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Accession Number
1991.241.74
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...