Strict Beauty

“Richly and beautifully illustrated. . . . This is the seminal work for any admirers of Lewitt’s graphic work.”—Mychael Barratt PPRE, Printmaking Today

"This substantial publication . . . is a considered overview of the role of printmaking in the artistic development of Sol LeWitt. . . . The closely written text offers new insights into printmaking as a key element in LeWitt's thinking . . . the numerous, carefully produced reproductions allow an experience of LeWitt's prints that is nearly as good as seeing the exhibition itself."—Andrew Bick, Print Quarterly

Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award- Smaller Museums Finalist, sponsored by College Art Association

“Strict Beauty is a signal achievement. No other medium in which LeWitt worked, not even the wall drawings and structures, has received such a rigorous, exhaustively researched, comprehensive treatment. David Areford’s close looking and detailed analyses of the prints reveal unexplored dimensions of LeWitt’s practice.”—Charles W. Haxthausen, Williams College

“David Areford offers a thorough and original account of Sol LeWitt’s printmaking practice that illuminates the larger conceptual issues within the artist’s oeuvre.”—Gwen Allen, San Francisco State University