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John McLaughlin
Untitled1955

Not on view
Abstract vertical painting with hard-edged gray rectangles and two horizontal black bands against an off-white ground

John McLaughlin, Untitled, 1955, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
John McLaughlin
United States, 1898-1976
Title
Untitled
Date Made
1955
Medium
Oil on masonite
Dimensions
38 x 32 in. (96.52 x 81.28 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
55.53
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Langsner, Jules. Four Abstract Classicists. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1959.
  • LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750-1950: Pintura Estadounidense Del Museo De Arte Del Condado De Los Angeles. Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, 2006.
  • Seldis, Henry J. "West Coast Milestone." Art in America 53, no.2 (1965): 92-109.

  • Barron, Stephanie and Lauren Bergman, eds. John McLaughlin Paintings: Total Abstraction. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2016.

Copyright
© Estate of John McLaughlin

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