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Frank Lobdell
February, 19591959

Not on view
Vertical oil painting with heavy craquelure, two loosely painted figures on a near-black ground — an inverted figure at left and a large open-mouthed head and striped arm at right

Frank Lobdell, February, 1959, 1959, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Betty M. Asher through the Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frank Lobdell
United States, Missouri, Kansas City, 1921-2013
Title
February, 1959
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1959
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
70 x 59 in. (177.8 x 149.86 cm)
Credit Line
Betty M. Asher through the Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.66.51
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Monte, James. Late Fifties at the Ferus. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968.

  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • Burgard, Timothy Anglin; Guenther, Bruce; Hopps, Walter; Johnson, Robert Flynn; Nixon, Bruce; and Torres, Anthony. Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in association with Hudson Hills Press, New York and Manchester, 2003.
Copyright
© Frank Lobdell Estate