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Billy Al Bengston
Grace1959

Not on view
Abstract painting in dark charcoal and near-black tones, with a small central square containing a rounded circular form against a mottled gray field

Billy Al Bengston, Grace, 1959, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Billy Al Bengston
United States,1934-2022
Title
Grace
Date Made
1959
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49 3/4 x 42 1/2 x 2 in. (126.37 x 107.95 x 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2002.188
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • O'Connor, Letitia Burns, ed. Billy Al Bengston: Paintings of Three Decades. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1988.

  • Tuchman, Maurice. Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.

Copyright
© Billy Al Bengston

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