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Artists›Julian Lethbridge

Julian Lethbridge

1947

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Julian Lethbridge is a British abstract painter and drawer whose work engages color and form through a sustained practice of painting and drawing. Born in Ceylon in 1947, he has maintained a studio practice spanning decades, with work held in permanent collections across North America and Europe. His abstract compositions operate through careful attention to compositional structure and chromatic relationships, creating a body of work that resists both gesture and representation in favor of deliberate formal investigation.

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Abstract Art

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Painting

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (40)

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2023 · Lithograph

composition: 18 1/2 × 14" (47 × 35.5 cm); sheet: 25 × 20" (63.5 × 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Machine Room

2023 · Lithograph

composition: 23 5/8 × 17 15/16" (60 × 45.5 cm); sheet: 26 1/2 × 20 5/8" (67.3 × 52.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Carpenter's Square

2021 · Oil and oil stick on canvas

72 × 60" (182.9 × 152.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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At Sea

2012 · Oil and oil stick on linen

Overall: 96 1/8 × 80 1/4 in. (244.2 × 203.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Matrix

2012 · Intaglio

plate: 11 7/16 x 8 9/16" (29.1 x 21.8 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 12 3/4" (40.5 x 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alloy

2010 · Photogravure

plate: 11 5/8 x 8 11/16" (29.5 x 22 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 11/16" (40.4 x 32.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frieze

2010 · Photogravure

plate: 10 7/8 x 8 3/16" (27.7 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 16 x 12 7/16" (40.6 x 31.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exert

2010 · Photogravure with viscosity printing

plate: 11 7/8 x 8 7/16" (30.1 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 17 x 12 3/4" (43.2 x 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Abstract Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Winchester College

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