Artist field note

Sol Lewitt

The instruction can be the artwork.

Appears inConceptual Art

Incomplete Open Cubes by Sol Lewitt — Individual example Incomplete Open Cube 8/25 (1974), representing the named series, not a full ensemble installation. — Individual example Incomplete Open Cube 8/25 (1974), representing the named series, not a full ensemble installation. · artbasel.com · See source for rightsSource ↗

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Incomplete Open Cubes

1974

A finite system produces many incomplete forms; logic generates surprising visual variety.

The five in one idea

LeWitt shifted authorship from the artist’s hand to the artist’s proposition - without making the result visually indifferent.