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Lester Johnson
PASSING CROWD Signed Lithograph, Women Men Walking, Sheath Dress, Light Peach

1980

About the Item

PASSING CROWD is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson. Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival ARCHES paper 100% acid free, full bleed image, no margins. In PASSING CROWD, a group of fashionable city women and men walking; drawn in a doll-like, expressive watercolor style, all looking outward and away, not at each other, posed crowded together with their legs extending to step forward. The women wear close fitting floral print sheath dresses; the men are smoking cigarettes wearing hats, one a navy blue NY Yankees baseball cap. PASSING CROWD is printed in predominately warm light peach tones, with accent colors of light burgundy, navy blue, yellow and rosy browns. Print size - 28 x 21 inches, unframed, full bleed image, pencil signed by Lester Johnson Edition size - 175 Year published - 1980 Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY As a figurative expressionist and member of the Second Generation of the New York School, painter Lester Johnson remained dedicated to the human figure as means of expression through the many stylistic changes of his oeuvre. Johnson exhibited his art at the Martha Jackson Gallery, Zabriskie Gallery, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, and James Goodman Gallery in New York as well as having been included in group shows at the Guggenheim, The Whitney, Museum of Modern Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was elected a member to both the American Academy of Arts & Letters and the National Academy of Design. Johnson lived and worked in New York City (on the Bowery), Springs, Milford (CT), Greenwich (CT), and Southampton, NY.
  • Creator:
    Lester Johnson (1919 - 2010, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Fine condition, fresh vivid colors, unframed, pencil signed P P (printers proof) aside from the edition of 175, printer chop mark embossed on lower corner, from the master printers private collection.
  • Gallery Location:
    Union City, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU832310717702
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