Lot 405 Sol LeWitt. 22 Serigraphien in: Jorge …

22 Serigraphien in: Jorge Luis Borges. Ficciones. 1984. Serigraphien je auf chamoisfarbenem Bütten. Blattmaße je 12,7 x 17,8 cm (20,3 x 20,3 cm). Im Colophon vom Künstler signiert und nummeriert. Im schwarzen Kalbsledereinband u. zugehörigem Schuber. -

Minimalismus

Amerikanische Moderne – Sol Lewitt Prints, Catalogue Raisonnée, 1984.01. - Eines von 1500 Exemplaren. - Englische Buchausgabe. - Hg. vom Limited Edition Club, New York, 1984. Die 22 Serigraphien übersetzen Borges Labyrinthe, Spiegelungen und Weltkonstruktionen nicht illustrativ, sondern als abstrakte Zeichenlogik. Gerade darin zeigt sich LeWitts konzeptuelle Methode: Das Bild wird zur präzisen Ordnung von Regeln, Wiederholung und Variation. Sol LeWitt ist kunsthistorisch als Pionier der Konzeptkunst und des Minimalismus zentral, weil bei ihm die Idee über dem materiellen Objekt steht. Seine Arbeiten verschieben Kunst von der individuellen Ausführung zur klaren Anweisung, die auch von anderen realisiert werden kann. Mit seinen Wandzeichnungen, modularen Kuben und Rasterstrukturen übersetzt er geometrische Ordnung in offene, oft raumbezogene Bildsysteme.

American Modernism – Minimalism. - 22 Silkscreen prints in: Jorge Luis Borges. Ficciones. Silkscreen each on buff laid paper. Signed and numbered by the artist in the collophon. In black calfskin binding and slipcase. - Very good condition. - English letterpress. - One of 1500 copies. - Edited by Limited Edition club, New York. The 22 silkscreen prints interpret Borges' labyrinths, reflections, and constructions of the world not as illustrations, but as an abstract logic of signs. It is precisely here that LeWitt's conceptual method becomes evident: the image becomes a precise order of rules, repetition, and variation. Sol LeWitt occupies a central position in art history as a pioneer of Conceptual Art and Minimalism because, for him, the idea takes precedence over the material object. His works shift art from individual execution to clear instructions that can also be realized by others. With his wall drawings, modular cubes, and grid structures, he translates geometric order into open, often spatially oriented visual systems.

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