Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
American, b. 1959
Judy Ledgerwood is a contemporary painter based in Chicago, USA. Since the 1980’s she has been exploring light, color, and space in paintings that combine the formal vocabulary of concrete abstraction with influences from pop culture to create vividly colored compositions. She combines decorative patterning, elements of textile design and other traditionally female crafts, with bold color and assertive brush strokes, traits associated with the historically male-dominated tradition of gestural abstraction. Often using stereotypically “feminine” elements, such as pastel colors and stylized floral patterns, Ledgerwood merges formalist and feminist concerns in works that are both sensual and subversive, with the ability to resonate beyond their initial impact. Ledgerwood’s work has been exhibited widely. She has completed several prominent commissions, including paintings for the American Embassies in San Salvador, El Salvador and Vientiane, Laos; a large stained glass installation for the Bir Hakeim Paris Metro RATP Station, Paris, France; and site specific installations for the Art Institute of Chicago and Bloomberg in NYC.
Her work is included in numerous public collections, including: The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Oak Park Public Library, Chicago, IL
Swiss Bank Collection, New York, NY
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL(Biography provided by Manneken Press LLC)
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Artist: Judy Ledgerwood
Field of Flowers #2
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Field Of Flowers #2" is a unique watercolor monotype printed on Hanhnemühle Copperplate paper. The print is professionally framed: floated on museum board in lacquered maple, with a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Monotype
Old Glory
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Old Glory" is a unique monotype from a series of prints by Judy Ledgerwood published by Manneken Press in 2020. Rather than using ink, the artist painted directly on a sanded acrylic plate with watercolor paints. The impervious surface of the plate allowed the paint to flow, pool, settle and dry in ways that are distinct from painting in an unmediated manner on paper. When dry, the plate was printed onto damp Hahnemühle Copperplate paper; the moisture in the paper reactivated the watercolor paint and the pressure exerted by the press transferred the image, resulting in a one-of-a-kind monotype print. In "Old Glory" Ledgerwood alludes to the American flag in its rectangular format and red, white and blue color scheme. The artist's signature, title and date are verso, in pencil, and the Manneken Press blindstamp is impressed into the lower left corner of the print.
Since the 1980’s Judy Ledgerwood has been exploring light, color, and space in paintings that combine the formal vocabulary of concrete abstraction with influences from pop culture to create vividly colored compositions. She combines decorative patterning, elements of textile design and other traditionally female crafts, with bold color and assertive brush strokes, traits associated with the historically male-dominated tradition of gestural abstraction. Often using stereotypically “feminine” elements, such as pastel colors and stylized floral patterns, Ledgerwood merges formalist and feminist concerns in works that are both sensual and subversive, with the ability to resonate beyond their initial impact.
Judy Ledgerwood has received awards from The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts; and Illinois Art Council. Ledgerwood has also received an Artadia Award and a Tiffany Award...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Monotype
Inner Vision
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
This group of nine monotypes is collectively titled "Inner Vision". Each impression is a unique watercolor monotype printed on Hanhnemühle Copperplate paper. The "Inner Vision" prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation - Pink
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation - Pink" is a relief print with lithography and aluminum dust. It is one print from a suite of three that are closely related to Ledger...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Malibu (#7 Blue + Brown)
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Malibu (#7 Blue + Brown)" is from a group of monotypes Judy Ledgerwood made at Riverhouse Editions in 1997. It is a good example of the limited palette and circular motif abstractio...
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20th Century Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation (portfolio)
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
This deluxe portfolio consists of three prints by Judy Ledgerwood, and a poem by John Yau. Ledgerwood's prints are relief and lithography with aluminum dust, in eye-popping combinati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
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Lithograph, Woodcut
Field Of Flowers #4
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Field of Flowers #4" is a unique monotype from a series of prints by Judy Ledgerwood published by Manneken Press in 2020. Rather than using ink, the artist painted directly on a san...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation - Red
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation - Red" is a relief print with lithography and aluminum dust. It is one print from a suite of three that are closely related to Ledgerw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation - Orange
By Judy Ledgerwood
Located in Bloomington, IL
"Chromatic Patterns After the Graham Foundation - Orange" is a relief print with lithography and aluminum dust. It is one print from a suite of three that are closely related to Ledg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Judy Ledgerwood Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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