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Billy Al Bengston
California Cool Pop Art Mixed media & lithograph hand signed 20/20, artist label

1968

$7,500
£5,781.58
€6,571.50
CA$10,686.40
A$11,625.70
CHF 6,134.70
MX$139,819.07
NOK 77,386.90
SEK 72,020.77
DKK 49,078.33

About the Item

Billy Al Bengston Cockatoo AAA Dracula, 1968 Lithograph , Zinc and Aluminum, in Silver-Violet, Yellow, Two Grays and Orange on uncalendered Rives paper Frame included signed faintly on the front (visible in person) and numbered 20/20 back on the artist's studio label Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Los Angeles This late 1960s work is irregularly shaped by design. It is framed and bears the artist's studio label verso. This piece is rarely seen on the marketplace as other editions are in major museum collections including MOMA, The National Gallery of Art, LACMA and others. Measurements: Frame: 13.75 x 13 x 3 inches Artwork: 11 3/4 × 11 × 1.5 inch The work is signed on the front. Billy Al famously signed lightly. This print is irregularly shaped by design - it is deliberately slanted even when removed from the square frame. About Billy Al Bengston: Billy Al Bengston (b. 1934, Dodge City, Kansas, d. 2022, Venice Beach) moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948. He studied painting under Richard Diebenkorn at California College of Arts, Oakland, California. In 1957, Bengston began showing with the legendary Ferus Gallery (founded and run by Walter Hopps, Edward Kienholz and Irving Blum) until the gallery closed in 1966. Bengston has had major solo presentations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Art; the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; and and a three person retrospective with Ed Ruscha and Ed Moses at the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut. His work is included in a number of important permanent collections including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Chicago Art Institute, Illinois; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  • Creator:
    Billy Al Bengston (1934, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Very good original studio condition. The print is irregularly shaped by design.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745214674672

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