Larry Poons
Larry Poons, Untitled, from Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964
1964

Name: Larry Poons, Untitled, from Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964
Brand: Larry Poons
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About the Item

This exquisite silkscreen by Larry Poons (b. 1937), titled Untitled, originates from the landmark 1964 folio X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters). Published by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, and printed by Sirocco Screenprints, Inc., North Haven, in Untitled, Poons channels the chromatic vitality, spatial tension, and optical immediacy that define his early period, merging geometric rigor with a rhythmic visual pulse that anticipates the kinetic abstractions for which he later became celebrated. Executed as a silkscreen on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper, this work measures 20 x 24 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. Printed by Sirocco Screenprints, Inc., North Haven, one of the most capable American screenprinting ateliers of the mid-20th century. Artwork Details: Artist: Larry Poons (b. 1937) Title: Untitled, from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters), 1964 Medium: Silkscreen on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper Dimensions: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1964 Publisher: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford Printer: Sirocco Screenprints, Inc., North Haven Edition: D Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1964 folio X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters), published by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford Notes: Excerpted from the folio, This portfolio was commissioned and printed in an attempt to extend as much of the visual impact as possible of ten artists to paper and to make these prints available to collectors who might not otherwise have such a vivid slice of the artist. The dry surface of screening seemed to be most apt to translate the effect of their painting, both the flatness which is the unifying bond between the ten, and the insistance of paint on the surface of canvas so like the visible heft of ink on paper here. Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr., Curator of Printings. About the Publication: X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters), published in 1964 by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, stands as one of the most ambitious and influential printmaking endeavors of postwar American art. Conceived under the direction of curator Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr., the project sought to capture and translate the defining visual languages of ten leading American painters of the era—Stuart Davis, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Adolph Gottlieb, George Ortman, Larry Poons, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein—into original silkscreens. Each artwork was created as an autonomous work that embodied the formal, chromatic, and conceptual principles of its respective artist. The choice of silkscreen printing, executed by Sirocco Screenprints, Inc., was central to the portfolio’s purpose: its dry, matte surface and capacity for crisp, saturated color allowed for a faithful translation of the painters’ flatness, surface tension, optical effects, and graphic precision. Organized and published by a major American museum at a moment of seismic change in contemporary art, X + X marked a turning point in institutional engagement with editioned works, representing one of the first concerted efforts by a museum to commission an ensemble of original graphics from the leading figures of its time. The portfolio captured the pulse of 1960s American painting—from Hard-Edge abstraction to Pop, Op, and Color Field—offering both a curated snapshot of artistic innovation and an accessible format that expanded the audience for contemporary art. Today, X + X is widely regarded as a landmark in American printmaking, celebrated for its curatorial vision, technical accomplishment, and its role in defining the dialogue between museum patronage and the burgeoning print culture of the 1960s. About the Artist: Larry Poons (b. 1937) is an American painter whose restless innovation—from his iconic 1960s “Dot Paintings” to his explosive gestural abstractions—has positioned him as one of the most influential and uncompromising figures in postwar art, working in a lineage shaped by the radical breakthroughs of Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, whose modernist revolutions laid the groundwork for Poons’s own transformation of optical, chromatic, and spatial perception; rising to prominence alongside peers such as Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, Jules Olitski, Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, and Anthony Caro, Poons became a central figure in Color Field painting and later a driving force within Lyrical Abstraction, while his fearless departures from geometry into atmospheric, cascading, paint-soaked canvases inspired generations of contemporary artists—from James Siena, Sarah Morris, and Stanley Whitney to more recent painters exploring immersive abstraction and material expressiveness; his work has been exhibited and collected by major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Tate Modern, cementing his status as a foundational figure in American abstraction; Poons’s market strength has grown steadily, and his highest auction record was set on November 17, 2021, when his painting “Sunnyside Switch” (1963) sold for 1,202,000 USD at Sotheby’s New York. 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Creator:
Larry Poons (1937, American)
Creation Year:
1964
Dimensions:
Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
Medium:
Screen
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Southampton, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1465215323132

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