1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1

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Artist Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007)

Title 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1

Date 1979

Medium Painted aluminum

Dimensions Overall: 25 1/4 x 166 x 32 3/4 in. (64.1 x 421.6 x 83.2 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 80.11

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Sol LeWitt was one of the foremost artists associated with Minimalism, which relies on simple geometric forms, and Conceptualism, in which the ideas expressed by a work of art took precedence over traditional stylistic or technical concerns. In the mid-1960s, LeWitt began constructing serial and modular works based on a geometric system that relied on an underlying grid structure. The stair-step form of 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 reveals the basic elements of his artistic system. The uniform modules used in the sculpture can be configured in an almost infinite variety of ways and assembled from a range of materials yet they conform to a basic mathematical concept.

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