Artist field note

Sol Lewitt

The instruction can be the artwork.

Appears inConceptual Art
Wall Drawing #1 by Sol Lewitt
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Wall Drawing #1

1968

Lines drawn according to written instructions make execution separable from authorship.

The five in one idea

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