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Lucas JohnsonModern Black & White Surrealist Etching of a Figure & Guitar in a Grave Ed. 4/151978
1978
$900
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Surreal modern black and white etching by Texas based artist Lucas Johnson. The work features a prone figure wrapped in a blanket next to a guitar in a coffin or grave. Signed, dated, and editioned in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a black frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 7 in. x W 10 in.
Artist Biography: Lucas Johnson (October 24, 1940 – August 31, 2002) was an American artist and major force in the Texas art scene from the late 1960s to the early 2000s. Largely self-taught, he mastered numerous techniques, including egg tempera, pen and ink drawing, silverpoint, oil and acrylic painting, and the printmaking disciplines of aquatint, etching, lithography, serigraphy, drypoint and mezzotint. He was inspired by politics, music, fishing and the culture of Mexico, where he lived for a decade. His unique vision found expression in a wide range of subjects, from haunting, shamanic beings and quirky aquatic life to enigmatic, volcanic landscapes and still lifes of the orchid species he collected and cultivated.
- Creator:Lucas Johnson (1940, American)
- Creation Year:1978
- Dimensions:Height: 14.75 in (37.47 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Houston, TX
- Reference Number:Seller: A2025.0307.64971stDibs: LU551315994902
Lucas Johnson
Lucas Johnson was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Southern California. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; the José Luis Cuevas Museum of Drawings, Mexico, D.F.; the Toledo Museum, Oaxaca, Mexico; the Museum of Modern Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel; the National Museum, Warsaw, Poland; the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, to name a few. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 1987, and it has also been included in many museum exhibitions. In 2006 the Houston Artists Fund published the book, The Art and Life of Lucas Johnson, with a preface by Walter Hopps, the founding curator of the Menil Collection, an essay by art historian Edmund P. Pillsbury,and a chronology by Patricia Covo Johnson.
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