
Wall Drawing # 46 was more than just a poignant gesture of affection and admiration, however. It also represented a pivotal turning point in LeWitt’s career. The not straight line became a key motif of LeWitt’s personal lexicon for the remainder of his life; he incorporated it in nearly one hundred wall drawings and countless works on paper. It also led to the development of significant bodies of later work, including his many wavy line gouaches and the Scribble drawings he made in the last years of his life (Fig. 3). LeWitt made Wall Drawing #46 in Hesse’s honor but in many ways the not straight line was arguably one of her biggest gifts to him.