Sims Reed Rare Books - Sol LeWitt - artist books, portfolios & prints 2018

Sol LeWitt

Artist Books Portfolios Prints

1. Four Basic Kinds of Lines and Colour. London / New York. Lisson Gallery / Studio International / Paul David Press. 1971.

Square 8vo. (200 x 200 mm). [18 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with title recto and monochrome schema verso, leaf with colour schema recto, verso and following leaves with colour illustrations recto and verso, final verso with publication details. Original publisher’s white stapled wrappers with colour illustration to front cover and monochrome illustration to rear.

An excellent copy of LeWitt’s artist book analysing lines and colour variation.

[Maffei & De Donno pp. 74 - 75].

£225

2. Arcs from Sides or Corners, Grids & Circles. Macerata. Artestudio Macerata / Pio Ponti. 1972.

Square folio. (378 x 378 mm). [9 leaves]. Leaf with colophon and details of each print and the complete series of 8 silkscreen plates printed in four colours, each with printed title, the publisher’s blindstamp and numbered and signed by LeWitt in pencil. Loose as issued in original publisher’s formed plastic box with title to front cover in black.

The scarce early series Arcs from Sides or Corners, Grids & Circles.

From the edition limited to 100 copies on Rives BFK, each print with the publisher’s blindstamp, numbered 46 / 100 and signed by LeWitt in pencil.

The silkscreen plates were printed by John Campione, New York, in February - April, 1972.

The plates are titled as follows: 1. Red grid, blue circles, black and yellow arcs from opposite corners.

2. Blue grid, red circles, black and yellow arcs from opposite sides.

3. Yellow grid, black circles, red and blue arcs from opposite corners.

4. Black grid, yellow circles, red and blue arcs from opposite sides.

5. Red grid, blue circles, black and yellow arcs from adjacent corners.

6. Blue grid, red circles, black and yellow arcs from adjacent sides.

7. Yellow grid, black circles, red and blue arcs from adjacent corners.

8. Black grid, yellow circles, red and blue arcs from adjacent sides.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1972.03 (previously S-11)].

£9,000

3. The Location of Eight Points. New York. Max Protetch Gallery. 1974.

Square 12mo. (140 x 140 mm). pp. (20). Monochrome reproduction of text and drawings by LeWitt throughout. Original printed wrappers with titles to front cover in black, stapled as issued.

The first edition of LeWitt’s illustrated installation notes.

Offset-printed artist book published in conjunction with show held at Max Protetch Gallery, April 6, 1974. Composed of texts and drawings by LeWitt describing installation; a second edition was published in 1977.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 55; Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek pg. 137].

ÂŁ350

4. Arcs and Lines: All combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight lines, not-straight lines, and broken lines.

Lausanne. Editions des Massons. 1974.

Square 8vo. (204 x 204 mm). [28 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with title recto and publication details verso, leaf with explanatory text recto, 25 leaves with monochrome diagrammatic illustration recto and verso, final leaf with illustration recto only. Original publisher’s printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black.

Sol LeWitt’s artist book Arcs and Lines with all variations thereof.

As listed on the title, the combinations of the arcs and the lines include arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight lines, notstraight lines, and finally broken lines.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 48; Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek pg. 137].

ÂŁ110

5. Incomplete Open Cubes. New York. The John Weber Gallery. 1974.

Square 8vo. (204 x 204 mm). [132 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with title recto and copyright verso, leaf with schematic ‘Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes’ recto and section title verso, 129 leaves with monochrome reproduction photographs, line drawings and schema recto and verso, final leaf with monochrome line drawing recto and credits verso. Original publisher’s white printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black.

A good copy of LeWitt’s Incomplete Open Cubes.

Extensive offset-printed isometric variations on LeWitt’s open cube structure in schematic and photographic forms; the photographs are by Akira Hagihara.

[Maffei & De Donno pp. 50 - 53; Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek pg. 137].

£225

6. Modular Drawings. Geneva. Adelina von Furstenberg / Salle Simon I. Patino / Centre d’Art Contemporain Cité Universitaire. 1976.

8vo. (150 x 150 mm). [52 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with copyright verso, leaf with title recto and 50 leaves with monochrome reproduction of a drawing by LeWitt recto, final verso with publication details. Original publisher’s cream printed wrappers with titles in black to front cover and spine.

A very good copy of LeWitt’s artist book Modular Drawings.

Published by Adelina von Furstenberg in 1976, Modular Drawings is composed of fifty pages of drawings commencing with a stack of five squares and continuing within the limits of their furthest extension, creating forms that are part of a grid.

This is the only LeWitt book that is not a finite and complete series.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 68].

£275

7. Brick Wall. New York / Boston. Tanglewood Press. 1977.

4to. (260 x 222 mm). [16 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with title, copyright verso and 15 leaves with monochrome reproduction photographs recto and verso, publisher’s imprint at foot of rear inner wrapper. Original publisher’s printed wrappers with title to front cover in black.

LeWitt’s artist book reproducing the effects of light on a wall of brick.

An engrossing photo-tribute to the effects of sunlight on the appearance of the wall which faced LeWitt’s studio in New York; the offset-printed illustrations move from lighter to darker effects.

[Maffei & De Donno pp. 70 - 71; Moeglin-Delcroix pg. 240].

£650

8. Grids & Color. Fifty Silk Screen Prints Using All Combinations of Grids and Color. Munich / New York. Jo Watanabe for Rudiger Schöttle. 1979.

Large folio. (460 x 815 mm). [52 leaves]. Leaf with title recto, leaf with colophon recto and 50 original colour screenprints on Arches numbered 1 - 50, each signed in pencil at lower right and numbered from the edition of 10 and with numeration of each sheet from ‘1’ to ‘50’; sheet size: 408 x 765 mm. Loose as issued in original wooden box with two clasps.

An excellent complete example of Sol LeWitt’s very scarce Grids & Color.

From the edition limited to 10 copies with each screenprint signed and numbered by LeWitt at lower right; 5 artist proof sets were also issued.

The fifty silk screen prints include the colours black, red, blue, yellow and white presented in series of ten with a background colour grid of each colour over which the other colours are printed in combination. The screen prints were printed by Jo Watanabe, New York and the edition was published by Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich. This was LeWitt’s sole publication of prints in 1979.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1979.01 (previously S-31)].

£37,500

9. Open Geometric Structures. Five Geometric Structures and their Combinations.

London. New Avenue Press for Nicholas & Fiona Logsdail. 1979. Oblong 8vo. (95 x 195 mm). [18 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with title recto and copyright verso, 16 leaves with monochrome reproductions of photographs by John Hilliard, leaf with photographer’s credit recto and publication details verso. Original publisher’s stapled cream glossy wrappers with titles to front cover in black, vignette illustrations and titles to rear cover in black.

LeWitt’s artist book of Open Geometric Structures.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 90; Künstler Bücher I, 31; Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek pg. 137].

£120

10. Geometric Figures & Color. New York. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. 1979.

Square 8vo. (204 x 204 mm). [24 unnumbered leaves]. Leaf with title recto, leaf with explanatory text (see below) recto with section title verso and 22 leaves with colour illustration: geometric designs on red, yellow or blue printed backgrounds, final leaf verso with copyright and publication details. Original publisher’s printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black and colour illustrations to rear.

LeWitt’s variations of geometric shapes and colour against various colour backgrounds.

Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Trapezoid and Parallelogram in red, yellow and blue on red, yellow and blue. (Taken from the printed text on second leaf).

[Maffei & De Donno pp. 88 - 89].

£110

11. From Monteluco to Spoleto / December 1976. Eindhoven & Weesp. Van Abbemuseum & Openbaar Kunstbezit. 1984.

Square 4to. (250 x 250 mm). pp. (36). Each page and covers with 9 reproductions of colour photographs. Original publisher’s printed wrappers with illustration in colour to front and rear covers.

LeWitt’s atypical artist book.

Dedicated to Lorenzo and Marilena Bonomo, From Monteluco to Spoleto presents series of colour photographs of paths, rocks, grottoes, panoramic views and so on. While the imagery is atypical, the methodology and presentation are decidedly LeWitt’s own.

[Maffei & De Donno pp. 112 - 115].

£300

12. Two Asymmetrical Pyramids: Plate 1. New York. Multiples Inc. 1986.

(965 x 1575 mm). Screenprint in colour, signed by the artist.

Trial Proof (TP) preceding the edition of 20, signed by the artist.

Printed on Arches Cover White paper by Jo Watanabe and Kei Tsujimura, New York; published by Multiples, Inc., New York.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1986.04 (previously S-54)].

ÂŁ12,500

13. Two Asymmetrical Pyramids: Plate 3. New York. Multiples Inc. 1986.

(965 x 1575 mm). Screenprint in colour, signed by the artist.

From the edition limited to 20 examples, signed by the artist; 5 artist proofs and 2 printer proofs were also issued.

Printed on Arches Cover White paper by Jo Watanabe and Kei Tsujimura, New York; published by Multiples, Inc., New York.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1986.04 (previously S-54)].

ÂŁ12,500

14. Two Asymmetrical Pyramids: Plate 4. New York. Multiples Inc. 1986.

(965 x 1575 mm). Screenprint in colour, signed by the artist.

From the edition limited to 20 examples, signed by the artist; 5 artist proofs and 2 printer proofs were also issued.

Printed on Arches Cover White paper by Jo Watanabe and Kei Tsujimura, New York; published by Multiples, Inc., New York.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1986.04 (previously S-54)].

ÂŁ12,500

15. Pyramids: Plate 2. New York Parasol Press. 1987.

(594 x 902 mm). Etching with colour aquatint, signed and numbered at lower right by LeWitt.

From the edition limited to 19 copies, signed and numbered by the artist; 10 artist proofs were also issued.

Printed on Somerset Satin Paper by Jeryl Parker, New York; published by Parasol Press Ltd., New York.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1987.03 (formerly E-35)].

ÂŁ3,800

16. Pyramids: Plate 3. New York Parasol Press. 1987.

(594 x 902 mm). Etching with colour aquatint, signed and numbered at lower right by LeWitt.

From the edition limited to 19 copies, signed and numbered by the artist; 10 artist proofs were also issued.

Printed on Somerset Satin Paper by Jeryl Parker, New York; published by Parasol Press Ltd., New York.

[Krakow / LeWitt #1987.03 (formerly E-35)].

ÂŁ3,800

17. Lines & Formes. Paris. Yvon Lambert. 1989.

Oblong 4to. (280 x 315 mm). [10 unnumbered leaves]. Cover with illustration recto and copyright verso and a further 11 illustrations recto only (including the rear inner wrapper), the final illustration with applied post-it note with manuscript instruction by LeWitt (see below).

Original publisher’s printed wrappers with monochrome illustration to front cover, titles in black to spine; some soiling to covers.

The artist book published by LeWitt’s Paris gallery with foliation and manuscript post-it note by LeWitt.

With manuscript post-it note by LeWitt with page layout drawing and instructions to a printer / publisher / designer; the pages, front cover included, have also been numbered in pencil by LeWitt at lower right.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 123].

£350

18. Lines & Formes. Paris. Yvon Lambert. 1989.

Oblong 4to. (280 x 315 mm). [10 unnumbered leaves]. Cover with illustration recto and copyright verso and a further 11 illustrations recto only (including the rear inner wrapper). Original publisher’s printed wrappers with monochrome illustration to front cover, titles in black to spine; small tear to foot of spine and some light soiling to wrappers.

Artist book published by LeWitt’s Paris gallery Galerie Yvon Lambert.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 123].

£120

19. Cube. New York, Rome & Cologne. John Weber Gallery / Edizioni Mario Pieroni / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König. 1990.

Square 8vo. (180 x 180 mm). [260 leaves]. Leaf with title recto, verso and following leaves each with monochrome photograph of a cube.

Original publisher’s white printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black, inner front wrapper with monochrome photograph, inner rear wrapper with publication details.

A very good copy of Cube with a presentation from LeWitt.

LeWitt has inscribed the title in green ink at upper right: For Klaus ... / Sol LeWitt.

A cube photographed by Carol Huebner using nine light sources and all their combinations … (From title).

[Maffei & De Donno pp. 124 - 125].

£1,000

20. Black Gouaches. Paris. Les Nouvelles Editions Séguier. 1992.

Folio. (36.5 x 30 cm). pp. (32) leporello. Plates reproducing gouaches by Sol LeWitt. Original publisher’s printed boards, illustration to front cover in black and titles to spine in black, with slipcase; some spotting to boards and initial plate.

LeWitt’s artist book in leporello format.

From the edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, with this one of 100 numbered in Roman numerals and signed by LeWitt on the justification.

[Maffei & De Donno pg. 126].

£950

21. Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt. New York. Craig Starr Gallery. 2011.

Small 4to. (230 x 180 mm). pp. (48). Leaf with title, 5 leaves with essay and notes by Veronica Roberts, 17 leaves with colour reproductions of works by LeWitt and Hesse and checklist, final leaf verso with publication and exhibition details. Original publisher’s brown card wrappers, matching dust-jacket with titles to front cover in white.

Catalogue for the joint exhibition of works by the friends Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse.

The catalogue for the exhibition held at New York’s Craig Starr Gallery held between April 12th and May 27th, 2011. The exhibition was curated by Veronica Roberts and the catalogue includes her essay Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt (1960 - 1970). The catalogue illustrates 12 works by LeWitt and 13 works by Hesse as well as letters the two exchanged. £25

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