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Untitled (Five Nudes)
Lester Johnson (American, 1919–2010)
1967
Medium/Technique
Lithograph on Arches wove paper
Dimensions
57 x 76 cm (22 7/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number2001.553
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
The central figures in Untitled (Five Nudes) are modeled on the Three Graces, a well known Classical sculpture dating to the 3rd-Century B.C. Lester Johnson takes advantage of the painterly qualities of lithography to imbue his figures with sensuality. The print retains the immediacy of an impromptu sketch.
Catalogue Raisonné
Balla 59
Signed
Recto lower right in graphite pencil: Lester Johnson
InscriptionsRecto lower left in graphite pencil: 7/15
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: 54
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: 54
ProvenanceThe artist directly to Albert Merola Gallery (Universal Fine Objects), Provincetown, MA; purchased by MFA, September 2001.
CopyrightReproduced with permission. Courtesy, Albert Merola Gallery.