Lawler, Buren, LeWitt

Louise Lawler, Truck, 1978, offset lithograph, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., a 2015 gift to MoMA from David Platzker and Susan Inglett While studying MoMA’s Louise Lawlers the other day, this little snapshot-sized print loomed larger than it does in real life. At first Truck (1978) seems like basic street photography, out of step with the art-in-the-wild practice Lawler became known for. But then you realize the truck that gives the photo its name is in front of MoMA. And that MoMA has Sol LeWitt banners on it. Because LeWitt’s first US retrospective opened on February 3rd. Those Lines in Four Directions read immediately as LeWitt, but they don’t map immediately onto any works in the show or the catalogue. Combined with the Museum’s name along the top, I expect these were ads, not works in themselves. Louise Lawler, Volkswagen, 1978, offset lithograph, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in., a 2015 gift to MoMA from David Platzker and Susan Inglett The stripes sure reflect in the Harrison & Stone building’s glass…