Lynn Leland
Untitled
1967

About the Item

Lynn Leland Untitled Op Art painting, 1967-1968 Acrylic on Canvas (with Albright Knox Gallery Label, A. M Sachs Gallery Label, Atlantic Richfield Corporate Art Collection label and Artist's label) Sticker label, Atlantic Richfield Corporation Albright Knox Gallery label - bears unique inventory number A.M. Sachs Gallery label Artist's personal label 25 × 25 × 1 inch Frame included Atlantic Richfield Corporation Art Collection metal label Albright Knox Gallery (with label) - bears unique inventory number on label (verso) A.M. Sachs Gallery (with label) Artist (remnants of artist's personal label on verso) Albright Knox Gallery (with label) - bears unique inventory number on label (verso) A.M. Sachs Gallery (with label) Lynn Leland was born in 1937 in Buffalo, NY. He studied at Pratt Institute in New York, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Europe in 1961, where he attended the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg studying with the British sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi. Returning to New York, he exhibited at The Preston Gallery and A.M. Sachs Gallery and, on the recommendation of the curator Henry Geldzahler, his work was included in the influential exhibition 'The Responsive Eye', held at The Museum of Modern Art in 1965. His work was also included in the following group exhibitions; Albright-Knox Museum, 1960; Brooklyn Museum Biennial, 1960; "Optics & Kinetics", Ohio University, 1965-66; "Multiplicity", ICA, Boston, 1966; The Jewish Museum, 1966 (works from the Harry Abrams collection). More about Op Artist Lynn Leland: Lynn Leland was born in 1937 in Buffalo, NY. He studied at Pratt Institute in New York, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Europe in 1961, where he attended the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg studying with the British sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi. Returning to New York, he exhibited at The Preston Gallery and A.M. Sachs Gallery and, on the recommendation of the curator Henry Geldzahler, his work was included in the influential exhibition 'The Responsive Eye', held at The Museum of Modern Art in 1965. His work was also included in the following group exhibitions; Albright-Knox Museum, 1960; Brooklyn Museum Biennial, 1960; "Optics & Kinetics", Ohio University, 1965-66; "Multiplicity", ICA, Boston, 1966; The Jewish Museum, 1966 (works from the Harry Abrams collection). Throughout the 1960s, Leland's abstract work remained focused on the optical effect of ordered grids of colored circles - based partially on the artist's interest in contemporary musical composition.

Creator:

Lynn Leland (1937, American)

Creation Year:

1967

Dimensions:

Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Medium:

Acrylic

Movement & Style:

Abstract Geometric

Period:

1960-1969