Basic Balance Clockwise Sketch #1#1

Larry PoonsWW-1960-060452

1960·Graphite on ivory wove graph paper, squared in blue printing ink·43.3 × 56 cm (17 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1960
Medium: Graphite on ivory wove graph paper, squared in blue printing ink
Dimensions: 43.3 × 56 cm (17 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Larry Poons

Artist

Larry Poons

Painting

Lawrence M. "Larry" Poons is an American abstract painter. Poons was born in Tokyo; he studied from 1955 to 1957 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, with the intent of becoming a professional musician. After seeing Barnett Newman's exhibition at French and Company in 1959, he gave up musical composition and enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan, New York. Poons taught at The Art Students League from 1966 to 1970 and again teaches at the League.

Ogikubo, Japan

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