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John Altoon
Ocean Park Series #121962

Not on view
Abstract oil painting with gestural forms in yellow, pink, teal, gray, and brown arranged in a loose cluster against a white ground, with visible brushwork and paint spatters
Artist or Maker
John Altoon
United States, 1925-1969
Title
Ocean Park Series #12
Date Made
1962
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 82 1/4 × 84 5/8 × 3 in. (208.92 × 214.95 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Ziskind
Accession Number
M.62.63.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Eliel, Carol. John Altoon. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2014.
  • Harvey, Doug. "Polymorphous Perversity in Toontown: John Altoon's Libidinous Enthusiasms." Modern Painters 26, no.6 (2014): 62-67.
  • Fifty California Artists. [San Francisco], 1962.
  • Seldis, Henry J. "West Coast Milestone." Art in America 53, no.2 (1965): 92-109.