Vertical Lines Not Touching (Black)

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in graphite, at lower left: AP LeWitt

Label

Sol LeWitt worked with printer Mauro Giuffrida to make his first iterations of this print using an unusual subtractive method of lithography. Giuffrida would apply a thick layer of liquid tusche (lithographic ink), let it dry, and then LeWitt would carefully scrape away thousands of thin lines. This print was created for the portfolio Conspiracy: Artist as Witness, assembled to raise awareness and funds for the trial of the Chicago 7, who protested the Vietnam War. Although LeWitt refuses to make a direct statement on the protest, Vertical Lines Not Touching (Black) is imbued with loss, both materially and metaphorically.

From the 2026 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 133, Concept : Process, curated by Aleah Hurwitz, MALS '27, Campus Engagement Intern

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 133, Concept : Process, Aleah Hurwitz, MALS '27, Campus Engagement Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31, 2026 - January 3, 2027.

Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 29-October 5, 1975.

One cent Life and Related Prints, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 8-February 23, 1975.

Provenance

David R. Godine, Boston, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1972.

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