Facts about Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings

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   Each of Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawings is numbered and catalogued, creating an archive that documents every instruction set as a distinct, replicable artwork.

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   LeWitt's Wall Drawings are closely associated with Conceptualism, a movement in which the idea or concept behind a work is considered its essential content.

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   Many of Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawings are intentionally impermanent, designed to be painted over after an exhibition ends, with the instructions alone preserving the work.

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   The first of Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawings was created in 1968 at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York.

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   Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawings are defined by written instructions that can be executed by others, separating the concept from the physical execution.

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