Larry Poons

Larry Poon - Color screenprint on ivory wove paper, 1971. 500x675 mm; 19 5/8x26 5/8 inches (sheet), full margins. Signed and numbered 88/150 in pencil, lower margin and with the artist's copyright ink stamp, verso

Lawrence M. "Larry" Poons (born October 1, 1937) is an American abstract painter. Poons was born in Tokyo, Japan, and studied from 1955 to 1957 at the New England Conservatory of Music, with the intent of becoming a professional musician. After seeing Barnett Newman's exhibition at French and Company in 1959, he gave up musical composition[2] and enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York. Poons taught at The Art Students League from 1966 to 1970 and currently teaches at the League (since 1997).

Larry Poons - Untitled (two works) 1980 screenprint in colors on Arches 35¾ h × 25 w in (91 × 63 cm)

Larry Poons

Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA