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John McLaughlin
#261961

Not on view
Abstract painting with two symmetrical groupings of three vertical stripes — canary yellow, charcoal black, and powder blue — on a white ground

John McLaughlin, #26, 1961, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Joseph Mendelson through the Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
John McLaughlin
United States, 1898-1976
Title
#26
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1961
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 × 48 in. (91.44 × 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Joseph Mendelson through the Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.65.28
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • Barron, Stephanie and Lauren Bergman, eds. John McLaughlin Paintings: Total Abstraction. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2016.

  • Barron, Stephanie, editor. California: 5 Footnotes to Modern Art History. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
  • Eliel, Carol, editor. Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2021.
Copyright
© Estate of John McLaughlin

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