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Sol LeWitt

Inverted Six Towers

Maker

Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007 b. Hartford, Connecticut)

Title

Inverted Six Towers

Year

1987

Medium

  • White-painted wood

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • White-painted wood

Materials

painted wood

Dimensions

219.7 x 219.7 x 219.7 cm (86 1/2 x 86 1/2 x 86 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Purchased in honor of Phillip M. Johnston, Director of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1998-2003; accessioned by the 2002-03 Fine Arts Committee; Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2003.24

Type

  • Sculpture

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  • Books

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Building Blocks
Contemporay Works from the Collection
May 06, 2011 – Mar 25, 2012

Label copy

Sol LeWitt, a pioneer of Conceptual art, rejected the value traditionally placed on the artist’s hand and instead allowed the concept of a piece, often related to mathematical systems or instructions, to generate the work. Six Towers is part of his “Open Cube” series, which uses simple progressions of modular units to create complex geometric structures. The sequential configuration of Six Towers emits an optical vitality that blurs the boundaries between the architectural form of the sculpture and the spaces within and around it.

Sol LeWitt
Feb 27, 2004 – May 02, 2004

Label copy

Six Towers, achieve an astonishing level of complexity using a very limited formal vocabulary. The restraint of the 1970s gave way to greater optical play as the cubic modules became finer and denser in their layering in the 1980s. In the later works, the overall form is more prominent than the individual cubes, so that the configurations suggest elaborate architectural complexes. In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, LeWitt created a series of white, open, modular structures based on the cube.

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Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007 b. Hartford, Connecticut)
Inverted Six Towers, 1987
White-painted wood
219.7 x 219.7 x 219.7 cm (86 1/2 x 86 1/2 x 86 1/2 inches)
Purchased in honor of Phillip M. Johnston, Director of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1998-2003; accessioned by the 2002-03 Fine Arts Committee; Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2003.24

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