Untitled by Frank Lobdell
Untitled
Frank Lobdell
Title
Untitled
Artist
Frank Lobdell
1921 - 2013 (biography)Year
1966
Technique
color lithograph
Image Size
22 14 x 30" image and paper
Signature
pencil signed, verso; initialed recto in lower left center
Edition Size
3 of 20
Annotations
editioned in pencil, chops of the printer and publisher; inscribed verso: 1712
Reference
Tamarind 1712; illustrated as plate 15 and on page 241 in Frank Lobdell The Art of Making and Meaning
Paper
Rives BFK antique-white wove watermarked
State
published
Publisher
Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Inventory ID
21628
Price
$800.00
Description
One of the early Bay Area Abstract Expressionists Frank Lobdell moved between painting and printmaking throughout his whole career. As part of the Sausalito 6 his lithographs were included in the 1948 "Drawings" portfolio, the first Abstract Expressionist portfolio done in the U.S.
For a good description of Lobdell's methods read David Acton's "The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints", Worcester Museum, 1981, page 66.
In June and July of 1966 Frank Lobdell did a series of 32 lithographs, both color and black and white, at Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles. Working at his usual intense pace he would experiment with the stones, often reworking the images and combining different stones to create a new image.