#Moca museum barcelona series

The formula for the ink washes has been changed recently to a mixture of acrylic paint and water, resulting in a more vibrant set of primary colors than is in evidence in earlier installations of these ink drawings. For instance, the orange panel is described as R, Y, Y, R. Literally: a layer of red ink, two layers of yellow, followed by a final layer of red. The ∛ in his instructions indicates blue ink, and the G indicates grey. In order to describe each tone, LeWitt uses a system of letters to indicate the color of each layer and the order in which they are to be applied.

The specific color of each shape within the figure is indicated in the title for this wall drawing.

#Moca museum barcelona series

The steps are composed of a series of parallelograms, colored using different layers of ink washes. The background is in his primary red, and the foremost panel on the figure is orange: equal parts red and yellow ink. This wall drawing is also an interesting example of LeWitt’s technique of superimposing ink washes in order to create colors and tones. This uneven and non-illusionistic method of implying three-dimensionality has several precedents in art history, such as the intuitive perspective used by Egyptian relief sculptors, and the tilted perspective that appears in early Renaissance panel painting and frescoes. The base and left-hand edge of the figure are parallel with the edges of the wall, acknowledging flatness, and the steps are angled, revealing additional faces to the prism without implying depth. This staircase-like isometric figure implies volume, canted as it is towards the viewer, yet does not imply linear recession. Wall Drawing 610 was first drafted in the late 1980s, during the period of Sol LeWitt’s career in which he was creating ink wash wall drawings featuring isometric forms. Gift of the LeWitt Collection, Chester, Connecticut, in honor of Suzanne Hellmuth and Jock Reynolds Isometric figure with color ink washes superimposed.