five structures von sol lewitt (5 Ergebnisse)

Two sheets folded once to form 8 pages. Five full-page illustrations.Artist's book and exhibition brochure published to accompany LeWitt?s structures installed at Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, March - May 1976. [Ref. Giorgio Maffei & Emanuele de Donno - Sol LeWitt Artist?s Books, p. 66]. Sheets unbound in original wrappers as issued.

Original wrappers. Fine copy. pp. (36). Artist?s book charting 25 possible combinations of LeWitt?s work, Five Open Geometric Structures (1979), which are constructed from sections of wood in three-dimensional extrapolations of the two-dimensional figures of a square, a triangle, a rectangle, a trapezoid and a parallelogram. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by John Hilliard. [Ref. Maffei & De Donno - Sol Lewitt Artist's Books, p.90; Künstler Bücher I, Krefelder Kunstmuseen 1993, p. 93, no.31; Printed Matter. Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek. The Marzona Collection at the Kunstbibliothek, p.137].

Softcover, staple-bound, 36 pages; very good condition, light rubbing to covers with small scratches when held at angle to light; old price sticker on rear cover; no internal marks.

Brossura. Zustand: ottimo. prima edizione. LEWITT Sol (Hartford 1928 - New York 2007) New York, John Weber Gallery, 1976, 13.8x13.8 cm., softcover, [8 pa- ges, including the cover, in loose double sheets], white cover with black title, artist's book without text featuring 5 fullpage illustrations of geometric structures, published on the occasion of the exhibition (New York, Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, March 7-May 1976). [Bibliography: Maffei/De Donno 2009: p. 66; Tonini 2014: no. 37, illustration on p. 11].

First edition. Publisher's original staple bound white paper covers with black titles to the front and back panels. Illustrated throughout with 32 black and white images. Unpaginated. 36 pages. A fine copy, the paper covers clean and free from fading, loss or tears, some light rubbing to the imagery on the back panel and some minor bumps to the spine tips. Contents are clean throughout, binding is tight and the pages are free from creasing. Artist book documenting twenty five combinations of Lewitt's five open geometric structures, in groups of one to five. Lewitt's structures were three dimensional representations of two dimensional shapes (square, triangle, rectangle, trapezoid and parallelogram), made from wood, the relationships between which were varied and not always logical. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.