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Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.
Sol LeWitt
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Sol LeWitt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 9
Died: 2007
Died: April 8
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Conceptual Artist
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Hartford
Connecticut
Sol Le Witt
Sol Lewitt
Solomon Sol LeWitt
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