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Larry Bell
Magic Boxes1964

Not on view
Abstract painted panel, diamond-oriented, with concentric black, white, and gray borders surrounding a central line drawing of a transparent cube in pale aqua-green
Wall-mounted relief with mirrored edges, featuring concentric octagonal bands in black and white receding toward a small three-dimensional cube at the center, creating an optical illusion of depth.

Larry Bell, Magic Boxes, 1964, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sanders Goodman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Larry Bell
United States, born 1939
Title
Magic Boxes
Date Made
1964
Medium
Acrylic and mirror on canvas
Dimensions
36 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 3 in. (92.71 x 92.71 x 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sanders Goodman
Accession Number
M.67.24
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography

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

  • Eliel, Carol, editor. Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2021.
Copyright
© Larry Bell