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La Monte Westmoreland
Untitled (Blue Boy with Cream of Wheat)1988

Not on view
Vertical assemblage combining South Asian miniature painting, metal hardware, a yellow shipping tag, a red illustrated pamphlet, and a ceramic bowl mounted on a panel printed with large black East Asian brushstroke characters
Mixed-media assemblage on a vertical panel painted with large Chinese calligraphy brushstrokes. A decorated tin box with a folk-painted dancing figure sits at top; below it, a wooden strip holds a cast-metal hardware fitting, a yellow luggage tag, and collaged printed ephemera including vintage product packaging and a figure in period costume. A ceramic cup rests at lower left. Red stamp seal at lower right.
Artist or Maker
La Monte Westmoreland
born 1941
Title
Untitled (Blue Boy with Cream of Wheat)
Date Made
1988
Medium
Wood, iron alloy, plastic, tin, paper, paint, and cotton textile
Dimensions
20 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (52.07 × 19.69 × 8.26 cm) Case (Plexi): 27 × 20 × 6 in. (68.58 × 50.8 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen A. Kanter Trust
Accession Number
M.2020.45.121a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Copyright
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban