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Doug Ohlson
Mid century Geometric Abstraction Op Art silkscreen 1960s Signed/N, Framed

1968

$2,500
£1,923.17
€2,232.25
CA$3,525.60
A$3,949.26
CHF 2,074.29
MX$48,021.75
NOK 26,267.35
SEK 24,934.77
DKK 16,660.14

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Doug Ohlson Untitled geometric abstraction, 1968 Color silkscreen on wove paper Hand signed, dated and numbered 15/50 on the front This dazzling 1960s Op Art/Geometric Abstraction silkscreen is framed to the edges in a period wooden frame with plexiglass bearing the Kulicke label (Kulicke was the framer of record for major galleries and museums in the 1960s) Hand signed, dated and numbered 15/50 on the front Provenance: Estate of Harriet Lyons, Portland, Oregon Frame included: held in original vintage period borderless Kulicke frame with plexiglass Measurements: Artwork: 22 inches (vertical) x 18.2 (horizontal) Framed: 22.2 inches x 18.4 inches x .5 inch Doug Ohlson was born in 1936 in Cherokee, Iowa and died in 2010 in New York. After spending several years in the Marines, he finished his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota. He moved to New York in 1961 where Ohlson took classes at Hunter College. There he met Tony Smith, Gene Goosen and Ray Parker who would all become important to Doug’s life and work. He soon joined them as a painting teacher at Hunter in 1964, a post at which he would remain until 2001. During the 60s, Ohlson made hard-edged geometric paintings that played with nuanced relationships between colors. Throughout his career he varied the scale and method of his painting, but always retained his intensity of color and form. The critic Carter Ratcliff wrote, “A predilection for bright color survives from his early work, along with a liking for tall, rectangular shapes. The elongated panels of his early days have become the vertical slabs of color in his later canvases.” Ohlson showed often in New York galleries, among them Fishbach Gallery, Susan Caldwell and Ruth Siegel and later on Washburn Gallery. His work was shown alongside other color field and minimalist artists included in the major 1968 exhibition, “Art of the Real” at the Museum of Modern Art. An important 20 year survey exhibition of his work was organized and held in 2002 at Hunter College. Ohlson’s work is included in many museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • Creator:
    Doug Ohlson (1936-2010, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.2 in (56.39 cm)Width: 18.4 in (46.74 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
    A bright impression in very good condition with minor overall undulations visible up close; the frame is vintage and in vintage condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745214989892

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