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John Altoon
Untitled1961

Not on view
Horizontal abstract painting with clusters of loose, colorful marks on a cream ground, including green, black, blue, purple, orange, and yellow strokes

John Altoon, Untitled, 1961, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Grinstein Family, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
John Altoon
United States, 1925-1969
Title
Untitled
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1961
Medium
Water-based paint on illustration board
Dimensions
Frame: 31 × 41 1/8 × 2 in. (78.74 × 104.46 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Grinstein Family
Accession Number
M.87.299.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Eliel, Carol. John Altoon. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2014.
  • Harvey, Doug. "Polymorphous Perversity in Toontown: John Altoon's Libidinous Enthusiasms." Modern Painters 26, no.6 (2014): 62-67.
Copyright
© Estate of John Altoon

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