This is a photograph of a Sol LeWitt wall drawing that was recently installed at Mohawk Trail High School in Massachusetts. The title of the drawing is #905, which could imply that this is one of over 900 copies of this work of art, or it is the 905th drawing that LeWitt designed.
The most important thing is that a rather drab and uninspiring high school lobby just got a bit more interesting. This particular installation was the culmination of a senior class project that was facilitated by some faculty members at the school. The inside scoop is that one does not simply go out and get a Sol LeWitt drawing on the Internet and slap it up on a wall. This involved contacting the estate of the artist, manufacturing the wall to the artist's standards and hosting a trained draftsman to perform the painting. I'm impressed by the organization that went into this, and a little jealous of an artist who is still producing original works despite being dead.
And, I will argue that this work is original. The circumstances of its commissioning, the labor involved, and most importantly, the context of the work give it an originality that is at least equivalent to the "original" example of LeWitt's #905. I also think that the egress door on the left hand side of the wall gives this an extra bit of character.
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