Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective
A collaboration between Yale University Art Gallery, MASS MoCA, and the Williams College Museum of Art
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Photo: Kevin Kennefick (Wall Drawing 630 and 631 are displayed on the same wall. Wall Drawing 631 is located on left.)
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Wall Drawing 631
A wall is divided into two equal parts by a line drawn from corner to corner. Left: alternating diagonal black and white 8-inch (20 cm) bands from the lower left. Right: alternating diagonal black and white 8-inch (20 cm) bands from the upper right.
January 1990
India ink
Collection of Frances Dittmer
First Installation
Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
First Drawn By
Paul Kleijne, Milco Onrust, Marien Schouten
MASS MoCA Building 7
Second Floor
In his first wall drawings, Sol LeWitt reduced drawing to its most basic element – the line, which he drew in four directions (vertical, horizontal, diagonal left, and diagonal right.) These lines in four directions have become a signature formal element for the artist. They are often organized into a square divided into four equal parts, each part with a line in a different direction. However, in Wall Drawing 630 and Wall Drawing 631 (shown on the same wall at MASS MoCA) the lines, which have been translated into wide India ink bands, take up the entire wall. The four types of lines abut each other, creating natural divisions of the wall. By pairing the two drawings, which were originally exhibited together at Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, LeWitt creates a graphic, dynamic presentation of the classic lines in four directions.
