When the Ellen Johnson Gallery reopens next week for the first time in over two years, one of the many works on view will be our Sol LeWitt ‘scribble drawing.’ “Wall Drawing #1222” was created by the artist specifically for the EJ gallery. It measures 23 by 18 feet and was executed entirely in pencil. It was first shown in the 2007 exhibition ‘Sol LeWitt at the AMAM,’ along with works on loan from the LeWitt Collection.
To make this drawing, eleven people worked the equivalent of 101 draftsman days to cover the wall’s 396 square feet with graphite. A total of 330 six-inch leads and twenty-eight woodless graphite pencil sticks were used.
It was first drawn by Takeshi Arita and Sachiko Cho from LeWitt’s studio, and Oberlin College students Alisa Doga, Julia Feldman, Harry Gassel, Catherine Janis, Grace Kiniako, Sara Krugman, Hanna Siesel, Jeremy Wiles-Young, and museum staff member Michael Reynolds.
You can come out to see the ‘scribble drawing’ during our next ‘First Thursday’ evening hours - we’ll be open Thursday, October 6 until 8pm!
