Country Portrait -- Green / Lester Johnson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.141
- Title
- Country Portrait -- Green
- Artist
- Lester Johnson
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919 - 2010
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Robert T. Goldman
- Style/Group/Movement
- Abstract Expressionist
- Inscription
- Inscribed verso right c.: Lester/Johnson/1963
- Dimensions
- 76.1 cm x 60.9 cm (29 15/16 in. x 24 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- Bust-length portrait of figure in black on green background using thickly applied paint.
- Subject Matter
- One of a number of figurative pieces produced by Johnson, who while using expressionist techniques, was one of few artists depicting figurative subjects during a pro-Abstract Expressionist period. Gestural but representational, this work nonetheless contains many of the characteristics of Abstract Expressionism, especially the thick application of paint and the sense of the artist’s hand in the creation of the work.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 873 x 1097
- File Size
- 146 KB
- Record
- 1978/2.141
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.141/1978_2.141.jpg
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"Country Portrait -- Green; Lester Johnson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.141/1978_2.141.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 05, 2024.
