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Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

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Sol LeWitt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 9
Died: 2007
Died: April 8
Architect
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Conceptual Artist
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Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Hartford
Connecticut
Sol Le Witt
Sol Lewitt
Solomon Sol LeWitt
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