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Sol LeWitt and Martin Puryear are more straightforward in their love of abstraction, although their work is rarely free from conceptual rigor or outside associations. LeWitt's set of prints, Horizontal Color Bands and Vertical Color Bands, 1991, although reminiscent of nature's brilliance and associated with the velvety look of Italian frescoes, are colors determined on a set formula. Each hue is built from a varying ratio of the two basic colors that comprise the two center horizontal strips found on the left side of the composition. Puryear's colossal, inverted teardrop of burnished copper bears the marks of human labor, while its perforations offer illusions to a starry sky. Characteristic of his enigmatic forms, Puryear’s untitled piece could also reference a human head.
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