About the Artwork
Using a Black, Hard Crayon, Put Fifty Small Dots, at Random, over the Surface of the Stone.
1971
Sol LeWitt (Artist) American, 1928-2007 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Publisher) Canadian
Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 20 × 20 inches (50.8 × 50.8 cm) Sheet: 28 × 28 inches (71.1 × 71.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant
F76.18.9
© 2005 Sol LeWitt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Restricted Contact: Artists Rights Society (ARS) 65 Bleecker Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-420-9160 | Fax: 212-420-9286 Email: [email protected]
Markings
Signed, at lower right: LeWitt
Inscribed, in pencil at lower left: 6/25 Inscribed, printed in sepia, lower center of sheet: Using a black, hard crayon, put fifty small dots, at random, over the surface of the stone. Then connect each dot with a straight line. Inscribed, in pencil below drystamp, verso: NS 153
Drystamp, lower right corner: [printer's drystamp]
Provenance
1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© 2005 Sol LeWitt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Restricted Contact: Artists Rights Society (ARS) 65 Bleecker Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-420-9160 | Fax: 212-420-9286 Email: [email protected]
Sol LeWitt, Using a Black, Hard Crayon, Put Fifty Small Dots, at Random, over the Surface of the Stone., 1971, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant, F76.18.9.
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