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ID: 500115429
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115429
 
Record Type: Person
LeWitt, Sol (American painter and sculptor, 1928-2007)

Note: LeWitt moved from Minimalism to Conceptual art in the 1970s often stressing theory over execution, employing systems to govern the artistic process, that most often result in large-scale wall drawings.

Names:
LeWitt, Sol (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
LeWitt, Sol (Dutch-P,NA)
Sol LeWitt (V,display,LC)
Lewitt, Sol (V,LC)
Sol Lewitt (V)
Le Witt, Sol (U)
Witt, Sol Le (U)
לוויט, סול (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
sculptor
conceptual artist
draftsman
painter
printmaker
muralist
collagist
graphic artist
photographer

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Hartford (Hartford county, Connecticut, United States) (inhabited place)
Died:  New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   United States (North and Central America) (nation)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
assisted by ....  Goldstein, Zvi  
....................  (Israeli sculptor and writer, born Romania, born 1947) [500047252]
colleague of ....  Beery, Gene  
......................  (American painter and photographer, 1937-2023) [500780125]
colleague of ....  Horwitz, Channa  
......................  (American painter, 1932-2013) [500064309]
colleague of ....  Lozano, Lee  
......................  (American painter and conceptual artist, 1930-1999) [500048708]
founder of ....  Printed Matter, Inc.  
..................  (American publisher and distributor, founded 1976) [500354607]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  LeWitt, Sol (I)

Biographies:
(American painter and sculptor, 1928-2007) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American sculptor, 1928-2007) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist) ..... [Belvedere]
(American artist, born 1928) ..... [Belvedere]
(American conceptual artist, 1928-2007) ..... [RKD]
(American sculptor, 1928-2007) ..... [IMJ]
(American artist, 1928-2007) ..... [MoMA]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(artist) ..... [GRI Special Collections]
(artist, 1928-2007) ..... [GRL]
(American sculptor, born 1928) ..... [BHA]
(American artist, 1928-2007) ..... [AVERY]
(American sculptor, born 1928) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(American artist, born 1928) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American artist, b.1928) ..... [WCI]
(American artist, 1943-) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, 1928-) ..... [AVERY]
(American sculptor b.1928) ..... [GRLPA]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
לוויט, סול ........ [IMJ]
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
LeWitt, Sol ........ [BHA Preferred, GRISC, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred]
.........................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
.........................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
.........................  GRI Special Collections Finding Aids databases (1980-) 2009M5
.........................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
.........................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
.........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79092583
.........................  Phillips and Kaiser, Harald Szeemann (2018)
.........................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 123203
.........................  Whitney Biennial Exhibition (1987) 189
Lewitt, Sol ........ [AVERY, Belvedere Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
........................  Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 2560
........................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
........................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
........................  GRI Special Collections Finding Aids databases (1980-) 890164
........................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
........................  Whitney Biennial Exhibition (1987) 189
........................  Witt Library, Authority files
Le Witt, Sol ........ [Belvedere, GRL]
.........................  Belvedere
.........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79092583
Sol LeWitt ........ [GRISC Preferred, MoMA, VP]
.......................  Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
.......................  GRI Special Collections Finding Aids databases (1980-) 940004
.......................  Whitney Biennial Exhibition (1987) 189
Sol Lewitt ........ [GRISC, VP, WL-Courtauld]
......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
......................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
Witt, Sol Le ........ [GRL]
.........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79092583

Subject: ........ [AVERY, Belvedere, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, IMJ, MoMA, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 2560
....................  ARTbibliographies Modern (1969-) 16/2 #6909
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Babington Smith Dictionary of Contemporary artists (1981)
....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n79092583
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  GRI Special Collections Finding Aids databases (1980-)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) Accessed 5/01
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  International Directory of Exhibiting Artists (1982-) 1982
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................  Kimmelman, Sol LeWitt, New York Times (2007)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n79092583
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL7999084
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 123203
....................  Whitney Biennial Exhibition (1987) 189
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q168587
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CL-Courtauld, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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