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Laddie John Dill Art

American, b. 1943

Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, California, in 1943. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1968 with a BFA. After graduating, Dill became a printing apprentice and worked closely with established artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns.

A Los Angeles artist, Dill had his first solo exhibition in New York City with Sonnabend Gallery in 1971. He was one of the first Los Angeles artists to exhibit Light and Space work in New York. He exhibited the “Light Sentences” and “Light Plains” sculptures in institutions across the United States and globally, and has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in these pieces in the last decade as well, including an acquisition of a “Light Plains” sculpture by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is currently on view in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

Dill has been crafting light and earthly materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by (Robert) Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim and Robert Irwin, who were working with earth materials, light and space as an alternative to easel painting.” When Dill does use canvas, he paints with pigments derived from cement and natural oxides.

Dill’s works are in the permanent collections of national and international institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Museum of Contemporary Art, California; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the High Museum, Atlanta; and elsewhere. He currently lives and works in Venice, California, where he maintains a studio.

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Artist: Laddie John Dill
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By Laddie John Dill

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled Watercolor on paper, c. 1971 Unsigned From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist, had his first solo exhibition in New York C...

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1970s Abstract Laddie John Dill Art

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Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique
Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique

Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique

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Located in New York, NY

Laddie John Dill Untitled Mixed Media painting, 2011 Cement, polymer, wood, mixed media on board 12 × 18 × 1 1/2 inches Signed and dated on the back Unique work This exquisite unique...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Laddie John Dill Art

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Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

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By Laddie John Dill

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled Watercolor on paper. 1971 Unsigned Sheet size: 24 x 19 inches Condition: Excellent From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist...

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1970s Abstract Laddie John Dill Art

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Watercolor

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By Laddie John Dill

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled Watercolor on paper, c. 1971 Unsigned Provenance: From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist, had his first solo exhibition i...

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1970s Abstract Laddie John Dill Art

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Watercolor

Untitled contemporary sculpture
Untitled contemporary sculpture

Untitled contemporary sculpture

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A central figure in the California Light and Space movement, Laddie John Dill has been crafting light and earthy materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptu...

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California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Modernism
California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Modernism

California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Modernism

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Laddie John Dill (American, b. 1943) Untitled Composition 1983 2 1/2" x 8 1/2" image, 10" x 16" frame Oil painting with pastel on paper Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: ...

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Untitled (Red), Abstract Aquatint Etching by Laddie John Dill
Untitled (Red), Abstract Aquatint Etching by Laddie John Dill

Untitled (Red), Abstract Aquatint Etching by Laddie John Dill

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Located in Long Island City, NY

Laddie John Dill, American (1943) Date: 1988 Etching with Aquatint on Rives BFK, signed, numbered and dated in pencil Edition of 74/75 Image Size: 9 x 22.5 inches Size: 22.5 x 30 in....

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Untitled  beautiful colorful abstract contemporary sculpture
Untitled  beautiful colorful abstract contemporary sculpture

Untitled beautiful colorful abstract contemporary sculpture

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A central figure in the California Light and Space movement, Laddie John Dill has been crafting light and earthy materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by [Robert] Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson...

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