The Location of a Rectangle, Sol LeWitt, 1974
Sol LeWittAmerican, 1928–2007

The Location of a Rectangle

1974 · Drawing

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Not on view at present

Where is “The Location of a Rectangle” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
1490.2018.a-c

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In the life of Sol LeWitt

The whole life
  1. 30 June 1972 – 8 October 1972

    Exhibition: Documenta 5

  2. 1972–1973

    Museum shows in Bern and Oxford

    In 1972–1973 his exhibitions are mounted at the Kunsthalle Bern and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.

  3. 1975

    Two MATRIX exhibitions at the Wadsworth Atheneum

    For the third MATRIX exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford he creates “The Location of a Rectangle for the Hartford Atheneum”; later that year he takes part in the sixth MATRIX, providing instructions for a second wall drawing.

  4. 1976

    Co-founds Printed Matter

    With fellow artists and critics — Lucy Lippard, Pat Steir, Ingrid Sischy and others — he helps found Printed Matter, a non-profit art space in New York's Tribeca and one of the first organizations dedicated to creating and distributing artists' books.

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