Sol LeWill- Four-sided Pyramid

Sol LeWitt

Four-Sided Pyramid

Concrete and Mortar

15’ 3/8”× 33’ ½”× 31’ 10 ¼”

1965

Sol LeWitt was born September 9th 1928 in Hartford, Connecticut and died in New York, New York April 8th 2007 at the age of 78. He acquired his training from Syracuse University, school of the fine arts. Sol also taught at many New York schools including New York University and the school of visual arts.

The Columbia Encyclopedia says “Reflecting his study of mathematics, Lewitt reduced the contents of his art to the most basic shapes, colors, and lines, creating modular cubes and grid structures, geometric “wall drawings,” and serial graphics”.

The plans for Four-Sided Pyramid were created by Sol in 1965. It wasn’t until 1999 that the structure itself was completed in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. The structure looks very different from all angles, depending on where your viewpoint is.

I chose to use to use Four-Sided Pyramid because of its geometric aspects. I also feel that it is very appealing to the eye. It is also different how the structure looks different from all angles even when it is all made the same way.