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Wall Drawing 797 by Sol LeWitt
The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using a yellow marker. The fourth drafter does the same using a blue marker. Then the second drafter followed by the third and fourth copies the last line drawn until the bottom of the wall is reached.

Wall Drawing 797 by Sol LeWitt

The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using a yellow marker. The fourth drafter does the same using a blue marker. Then the second drafter followed by the third and fourth copies the last line drawn until the bottom of the wall is reached.

To prepare for the project, the walls were skimcoated in June, followed by two layers of oil-based paint and then five layers of latex paint. The result made the wall feel like the artists were drawing on paper.

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—	re: a 2,200-square-foot graphite wall drawing by Sol LeWitt being installed in Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery. And here I thought I over-prepped my surfaces.