Born in Oklahoma, Lee Mullican moved to San Francisco in 1947 before settling in Los Angeles in 1952. In Northern California he exhibited with the Dynaton group, a loose association of artists concerned with automatism, surrealism and the visual manifestation of the subconscious. When the artist moved to Southern California, he disassociated from the group, but his work nevertheless continued to address the same theme—abstraction as an expression of the quiet subconscious—forming a unique bridge between European surrealism and the expressionism of the New York school. As a teacher at UCLA from 1961 through 1991, the artist made a formidable impact on students as well as fellow artists, and his meditative drawing, modest gesture and refined palette relay a unique kind of gentle abstraction.
Details
- Artist Name: Lee Mullican (American, 1919-1998)
- Title: Sleeping Gypsy
- Date: 1964
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: sheet: 20 x 25-3/4 in. ( 50.8 x 65.4 cm)
- Publisher: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc.
- Printer: Ernest Rosenthal
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Number: P.1965.010.46
Object Information
Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
- Norton Simon Museum, 2011-10-02 to 2012-04-02
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