Corner Piece #1

Artist Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007)

Date1976

Dimensions43 1/4 × 43 1/4 × 43 1/4 in. (109.9 × 109.9 × 109.9 cm)

MediumPainted wood

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1981.48

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 07

Label TextCorner Piece #1 is the visible result of the thinking, drawing, and building that Sol LeWitt engaged in when he made art. For him, the process of creative discovery was as important as the final product. As he explained in 1970, “These pieces are not sculpture; they are ideas made into solid forms.” As in many of his structures and drawings, here LeWitt has multiplied one basic element, the cube. The deceptively simple construction presents a range of complex visual challenges based on logic, mathematical sequences, patterns, and repetition. What patterns can you detect? Based on how LeWitt stacked the cubes together, see if you can calculate how many make up the sculpture (you could just count them, but you might have to get down on the floor to see them all!).Published ReferencesWood, Kathleen Sinclair, Clues to American Sculpture, Washington, D.C., 1990, p. 51, repr.

Nockers, Pamela, "TMA Highlight: Wall Drawing #760," Montage, vol. 2, no. 8, Nov. 1994, p. 10, repr.