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Mimmo Paladino
Sonata1985

Not on view
Large circular painting, nearly monochromatic in black, gray, and white, with a central rectangular panel showing a Cubist-style standing female figure surrounded by dark curtains and secondary figures

Mimmo Paladino, Sonata, 1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by MaryLou and George Boone, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stein, William Keller, Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Stanley and Elyse Grinstein, and Anita and Julius L. Zelman through the 1986 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Mimmo Paladino
Title
Sonata
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1985
Medium
Oil and collage on wood
Dimensions
Height: 125 in. (317.5 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by MaryLou and George Boone, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stein, William Keller, Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Stanley and Elyse Grinstein, and Anita and Julius L. Zelman through the 1986 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.86.145a-b
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Fox, Howard N. Avant-Garde In The Eighties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

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