Sol LeWitt – Unique - Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors #21

1986  

This rare and iconic silkscreen by Sol LeWitt comes from his renowned series “ Five Geometric Figures in Five Colors “, 1986. The work features one of LeWitt’s signature geometric compositions, plate #21, a circular in black, minimal yet conceptually rich.

Hand-signed in pencil in the lower right corner

This silkscreen is not numbered and stands out due to its unique nature, as described in 
Sol LeWitt Prints Catalogue Raisonné ref. 1986.06 : 
There were 32 "sets" made that each had 25 prints. Within each one of those sets of 25, all five colors were used and all five shapes were used, per the title of the piece.  All 32 "sets" were the same, as each set of 25 had all five shapes in all five colours (25 combinations).  However, those "sets" of 25 were not meant to be kept together, but were broken up by the artist and publisher to be almost all unique groups of five, making 160 sets of five, in total. 150 sets were multi colored.  These sets are all unique in their combination (with some sets of 5 having more than one shape in the same color).  None of these were numbered as they are all unique.

Publisher : Bébert, Rotterdam  

The work is professionally framed to museum standards, floating, within a acid-free passe-partout, in a bespoke black wooden frame, hand-made in the Netherlands, with with UltraVue® ArtGlass, offering maximum clarity, UV protection, and minimal reflection. Size framed : approx. 54 × 54 cm

Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) was a pioneer of Conceptual and Minimal Art, known for reducing art to systems of shapes, lines, and logic. His works are held in the permanent collections of major museums including MoMA New York, Tate London, and Centre Pompidou Paris.