Untitled by Frank Lobdell
Untitled
Frank Lobdell
Title
Untitled
Artist
Frank Lobdell
1921 - 2013 (biography)Year
1966
Technique
lithograph
Image Size
27 x 20" image and paper
Signature
pencil signed, verso; initialed recto in lower left
Edition Size
15 of 20
Annotations
editioned in pencil; dated after the artist's initial lower left recto; chops of the printer and publisher; inscribed verso: 1710A
Reference
Tamarind 1710A
Paper
Magnani Italia antique-white wove
State
published
Publisher
Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Inventory ID
21630
Price
$500.00
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.