Sol LeWitt
Brick Wall, B#4

Brick Wall, B#4

© The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Brick Wall, B#4
Brick Wall, B#4
ArtistAmerican, 1928–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brick Wall, B#4
  • from the book Brick Wall
Date1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 × 17 1/4 in. (27.6 × 43.8 cm)
Mount: 14 7/16 × 23 1/16 in. (36.7 × 58.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number81.127
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Sol LeWitt’s work is
typically concerned with the reduction of line, form, and pure color.
Brick Wall B #4 is one in a series of 30
black-and-white photographs that documents the surface of a brick wall
throughout various times of day. In doing so, the qualities of the wall become
familiar through repetition.



 



This photograph was originally
published in LeWitt’s artist-book,
Brick
Wall
, 1977. It shows two views of the wall as they would be seen on the
pages of the book.




Provenance[Rosa Esman Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

Exhibited: "Art by Chance," The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, Jul 22 - Sep 3, 1989 (LN:89.2)

Exhibited: "Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - February 3, 2002.

Exhibited: "Contemporary Photography from the Collection of the MFAH", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, August 15, 2003-January 4, 2004.

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008

"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right below image on mount in pencil "Sol LeWitt"

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1971
Lithograph, edition 20/25
74.266.4
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1982
Book of photolithographs
85.99.1,.2
Schematic Drawing for Muybridge II
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1964
Offset lithograph
91.1319
Ficciones (Fictions)
Sol LeWitt
1984
Book with 22 screenprints, edition 728/1500
93.308
47 Three-Part Variations on 3 Different Kinds of Cubes
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c. 1966
Ink on wove paper
81.179
Worksheet for Schematic Drawings
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Ink on wove paper
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Ink on wove paper
81.180.1
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Sol LeWitt
1971
Lithograph, edition 20/25
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Untitled [9]
Sol LeWitt
1971
Lithograph in colors, edition 20/25
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Untitled [1]
Sol LeWitt
1971
Lithograph on wove paper, edition 20/25
74.266.1
Untitled [2]
Sol LeWitt
1971
Lithograph, edition 20/25
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Untitled [5]
Sol LeWitt
1971
Lithograph, edition 20/25
74.266.5