Credits follow the order of images in the lesson, left to right and top to bottom.
Tony Smith
Page from a sketchbook (detail)
c. 1951
ink on paper
26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Tony Smith estate, New York
Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing No. 681 C (detail)
1993
colored ink washes
304.8 x 1127.76 cm (120 x 444 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Gift of Dorothy Vogel and Herbert Vogel, Trustees
East Building, spiral staircase to one of the tower galleries
Photograph by Lyle Peterzell, Department of Imaging and Visual Services National
Gallery of Art, Washington
Tony Smith Wandering Rocks (detail)
1967
painted steel
measurements of each of five elements: 60.96 x 71.12 x 121.92 cm (24 x 28 x 48 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (46 x 28 x 64 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 106.68 cm (46 x 28 x 42 in.)
60.96 x 83.82 x 212.09 cm (24 x 33 x 83 1/2 in.)
60.96 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (24 x 28 x 64 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Sol LeWitt Four-Sided Pyramid (detail)
first installation 1997, fabricated 1999
concrete blocks and mortar
458.15 x 1012.19 x 970.92 cm (180 3/8 x 398 1/2 x 382 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Donald Fisher Family
Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing No. 681 C
1993
colored ink washes
304.8 x 1127.76 cm (120 x 444 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Gift of Dorothy Vogel and Herbert Vogel, Trustees
Sol LeWitt Four-Sided Pyramid
first installation 1997, fabricated 1999
concrete blocks and mortar
458.15 x 1012.19 x 970.92 cm (180 3/8 x 398 1/2 x 382 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Donald Fisher Family
Pyramids of Memphis, 1821
Description de l'Égypte
Imprint of a cylindrical seal showing a ziggurat and a priest or god. From Babylon, 2nd-1st Mill
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photograph by Erich Lessing
Marcel Breuer and Hamilton Smith,
architects (1964–1966) Whitney Museum of American Art,
facade, completed September 1966
945 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson, 1981
Sol LeWitt Floor Structure Black
1965
painted wood
46.99 x 45.72 x 208.28 cm (18 1/2 x 18 x 82 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Sol LeWitt Four-Sided Pyramid
first installation 1997, fabricated 1999
concrete blocks and mortar
458.15 x 1012.19 x 970.92 cm (180 3/8 x 398 1/2 x 382 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Donald Fisher Family
Sol LeWitt Floor Structure Black
1965
painted wood
46.99 x 45.72 x 208.28 cm (18 1/2 x 18 x 82 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Sol LeWitt Four-Sided Pyramid
first installation 1997, fabricated 1999
concrete blocks and mortar
458.15 x 1012.19 x 970.92 cm (180 3/8 x 398 1/2 x 382 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Donald Fisher Family
Sol LeWitt Series 1-2-3: 47 3-Part Variations on Three Different Kinds of Cubes, 1968
painted wood
30.4 x 111.7 x 10.1 cm (12 x 44 x 4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Tony Smith Moondog
model 1964, fabricated 1998-1999
painted aluminum
521.34 x 468 x 467.36 cm (205 1/4 x 184 1/4 x 184 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Joan Miró Dog Barking at the Moon
1926
oil on canvas
73 x 92.1 cm (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952
Photo by: Graydon Wood, 1992
Tony Smith Moondog
model 1964, fabricated 1998-1999
painted aluminum
521.34 x 468 x 467.36 cm (205 1/4 x 184 1/4 x 184 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Tony Smith Wandering Rocks
1967
painted steel
measurements of each of five elements: 60.96 x 71.12 x 121.92 cm (24 x 28 x 48 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (46 x 28 x 64 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 106.68 cm (46 x 28 x 42 in.)
60.96 x 83.82 x 212.09 cm (24 x 33 x 83 1/2 in.)
60.96 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (24 x 28 x 64 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Japanese Garden
Photograph by Russell Illig
Ruins of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado,
c. 1200
Tony Smith Wandering Rocks
1967
painted steel
measurements of each of five elements: 60.96 x 71.12 x 121.92 cm (24 x 28 x 48 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (46 x 28 x 64 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 106.68 cm (46 x 28 x 42 in.)
60.96 x 83.82 x 212.09 cm (24 x 33 x 83 1/2 in.)
60.96 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (24 x 28 x 64 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Tony Smith Wandering Rocks
1967
painted steel
measurements of each of five elements: 60.96 x 71.12 x 121.92 cm (24 x 28 x 48 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (46 x 28 x 64 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 106.68 cm (46 x 28 x 42 in.)
60.96 x 83.82 x 212.09 cm (24 x 33 x 83 1/2 in.)
60.96 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (24 x 28 x 64 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Leonardo da Vinci Ginevra de' Benci
c. 1474
oil on panel
oil on panel, with addition at bottom edge: 42.7 x 37 cm (16 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
original panel only: 38.1 x 37 cm (15 x 14 9/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark
1778
oil on canvas
182.1 x 229.7 cm (71 3/4 x 90 1/2 in.)
Washington, DC, Ferdinand Lammot Belin Fund
Jacques-Louis David The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
1812
oil on canvas
203.9 x 125.1 cm (80 1/4 x 49 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Edgar Degas Little Dancer Aged Fourteen - plaster statuette
model 1879-1881, cast c. 1922
plaster
with base: 104.1 x 48.3 x 50.8 cm (41 x 19 x 20 in.)
without base: 99.1 x 38.1 x 35.6 cm (39 x 15 x 14 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)
1913
oil on canvas
140.7 x 119.7 cm (55 3/8 x 47 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Pablo Picasso Family of Saltimbanques
1905
oil on canvas
212.8 x 229.6 cm (83 3/4 x 90 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection
Henri Matisse Beasts of the Sea
1950
paper collage on canvas
295.5 x 154 cm (116 3/8 x 60 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Jackson Pollock Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)
1950
oil, enamel and aluminum on canvas
221 x 299.7 cm (87 x 118 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Giovanni Paolo Panini Interior of the Pantheon, Rome
c. 1734
oil on canvas
128 x 99 cm (50 1/2 x 39 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Sol LeWitt Four-Sided Pyramid
first installation 1997, fabricated 1999
concrete blocks and mortar
458.15 x 1012.19 x 970.92 cm (180 3/8 x 398 1/2 x 382 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Donald Fisher Family
Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing No. 26 / A one-inch (2.5 cm) grid covering a
36" (90 cm) square. Within each one-inch (2.5 cm) square, there is a line in
one of the four directions.
1969
black pencil
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Mark di Suvero Aurora
1992-1993
steel
497.84 x 594.36 x 814.07 cm (196 x 234 x 320 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Joel Shapiro Untitled
1989
bronze
165.1 x 195.6 x 158.7 cm (65 x 77 x 62 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Tony Smith Moondog
model 1964, fabricated 1998-1999
painted aluminum
521.34 x 468 x 467.36 cm (205 1/4 x 184 1/4 x 184 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Lucas Samaras Chair Transformation Number 20B
1996
patinated bronze
360.68 x 67.31 x 223.52 cm (142 x 26 1/2 x 88 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund
I. M. Pei
Early conceptual sketch for building plan, National Gallery of Art East Building.
fall 1968
crayon and graphite on tracing paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington
I. M. Pei
Working sketch for building plan, National Gallery of Art East Building
winter 1969
pen and graphite on tracing paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Sol LeWitt during installation of Wall Drawing No. 681 C at the National Gallery of Art
Photograph by Rob Shelley
National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives
Eadweard Muybridge Muybridge's Horse
1881
series of shots used in the newly invented zoopraxiscope, which produced the illusion of moving pictures.
Public Record Office, London. Photo credit: HIP / Art Resource, NY
Frank Stella Sacramento Mall Proposal #4
1978
acrylic on canvas
262.5 x 262.1 cm (103 3/8 x 103 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Sol LeWitt Series 1-2-3: 47 3-Part Variations on Three Different Kinds of Cubes, 1968
painted wood
30.4 x 111.7 x 10.1 cm (12 x 44 x 4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing No. 681 C
1993
colored ink washes
304.8 x 1127.76 cm (120 x 444 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Gift of Dorothy Vogel and Herbert Vogel, Trustees
Sol LeWitt Wavy Brushstrokes
1996
gouache on wove paper
153.67 x 294.64 cm (60 1/2 x 116 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington,
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Sol LeWitt Four-Sided Pyramid
first installation 1997, fabricated 1999
concrete blocks and mortar
458.15 x 1012.19 x 970.92 cm (180 3/8 x 398 1/2 x 382 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Donald Fisher Family
Sol
LeWitt with draftswomen Kazuko Miyato and Sachiko Cho during work on Wall
Drawing No. 307 National Gallery of Art, Washington,
March 25, 1992
National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives
Installation of Wall Drawing
No. 681 C
August 25, 1993
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Photographs by: Philip Charles
Tony Smith Wandering Rocks
1967
painted steel
measurements of each of five elements: 60.96 x 71.12 x 121.92 cm (24 x 28 x 48 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (46 x 28 x 64 in.)
116.84 x 71.12 x 106.68 cm (46 x 28 x 42 in.)
60.96 x 83.82 x 212.09 cm (24 x 33 x 83 1/2 in.)
60.96 x 71.12 x 162.56 cm (24 x 28 x 64 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Tony Smith Moondog
model 1964, fabricated 1998-1999
painted aluminum
521.34 x 468 x 467.36 cm (205 1/4 x 184 1/4 x 184 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Tony Smith
Page from a sketchbook
c. 1951
ink on paper
26.3 x 20 cm (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Tony Smith estate, New York
Tony Smith The Snake Is Out
model 1962, fabricated 1992
painted steel
457.2 x 706.1 x 574 cm (180 x 278 x 226 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Tony Smith Estate and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Tony Smith Untitled
1962
acrylic on canvas
162.7 x 244.4 cm (64 x 96 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine
Frank Lloyd Wright
Falling Water House, Bear Run, Pennsylvania
Photo credit: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy / Art Resource, NY
Alexander Graham Bell with one of his tetrahedral structures/kites
National Geographic Society
Le Corbusier
Notre-Dame du Haut, pilgrimage church
1955
Chapelle de Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France
Photo credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
Donald Judd Untitled
1969
brass and colored fluorescent plexiglass on steel brackets
ten pieces, each 61/8 x 24 x 27 in.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
I. M. Pei
Working sketch for building plan, National Gallery of Art East Building
winter 1969
pen and graphite on tracing paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington
I. M. Pei
Early conceptual sketch for building plan, National Gallery of Art East Building.
fall 1968
crayon and graphite on tracing paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington
I. M. Pei & Partners
East Building working study
c. October 1968
felt-tip pen on tracing paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington
J. Carter Brown (left), Director of the National Gallery
of Art, and I. M. Pei at a press conference announcing the design plans for
the new NGA East Building, May 5, 1971
Photograph by
John Tennant
National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives
I. M. Pei & Partners
East Building working study
c. October 1968
felt-tip pen on tracing paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington
I. M. Pei
Musée du Louvre, View of the Pyramid
1983-1989
Photo: Ch. Larrieu. Louvre, Paris, France
Photo credit : Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY
I. M. Pei
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland
1987-1995
I. M. Pei
Miho Museum, Shiga, Japan
1991-1997
Alexander Calder Untitled
1976
aluminum and steel
910.3 x 2315.5 cm (358 1/2 x 912 in.)
Weight: 920 lb
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Henry Moore Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece
1976-1978
bronze
534.5 x 721.1 x 363.1 cm (210 1/2 x 284 x 143 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Joseph Kosuth Art as Idea: Nothing
1968
silver gelatin photographic print
0.914 x 0.914 m (36 x 36 in.)
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Donald Judd Untitled
1969
brass and colored fluorescent plexiglass on steel brackets
ten pieces, each 61/8 x 24 x 27 in. with 6 inches in between; overall: 116 1/2
x 24 x 27 in.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Dan Flavin untitled (to Barnett Newman to commemorate his simple problem, red, yellow and blue)
1970
red, yellow, and blue fluorescent light
365.76 x 243.84 cm (144 x 96 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Barnett & Annalee Newman
Foundation, in honor of Annalee G. Newman, and the Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund
Frank Stella Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X
1998-2001
stainless steel, aluminum, painted fiberglass, and carbon fiber
944.88 x 1188.72 x 1036.32 cm (372 x 468 x 408 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Susan Rothenberg Butterfly
1976
acrylic on canvas
176.53 x 210.82 cm (69 1/2 x 83 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Perry R. and Nancy Lee Bass
Imprint of a cylindrical seal showing a ziggurat and a priest or god. From Babylon, 2nd-1st Mill
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit : Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
