The Idea and The Problem of
JOHN ALTOON
b. 1924 - d. 1967


 Image Credits

Photo credits and details for "The Idea and the Problem of John Altoon; a review and commentary by David Lewinson"

Front Page

  • John Altoon, 1964 (detail)
    Photograph by Dennis Hopper

Introduction

  • Ferus Gallery Artists, 1959
    From Left: John Altoon, Craig Kauffman, Allen Lynch, Ed Kienholz, Ed Moses, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston
    Photograph by  Patricia Faure

  • John Altoon at his studio in Venice, California, 1968
    Photograph by Malcolm Lubliner

Page 1

  • Self Portrait, 5/23/47
    pen and ink on off-white wove paper, colored chalk
    c. 25" x 18" (61.5 x 46 cm)
    Collection Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Anonymous Gift

  • The Artist And Models (Self Portrait) c. 1949
    black ink over graphite on paper
    c. 24" x 20" (63.2 x 50.6 cm)
    Collection Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Gift of Anita Naz Mardikian

Page 2

  • Jackson Pollock
    From the collection of The Museum of Modern Art , New York

Page 3

  • Fay's Christmas Painting, 1958
    oil on canvas
    c. 72" x 65" (182.9 x 164.1 cm)
    Collection Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
    Gift of Mr. William B. Janss

  • Untitled (Trip #2), 1959
    oil on canvas
    c. 80" x 96" (203.2 x 243.8 cm)
    Collection Dennis Hopper

  • Untitled (Trip Series), 1959
    oil on canvas
    c. 69-3/4" x 82" (177.2 x 280.3 cm)
    Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
    Gift of Ruth and Murray Gribin

Page 4

  • Ocean Park Series #8,  1962
    oil on canvas
    c. 82" x 84" (206.5 x 213.4 cm)
    Collection Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, Anonymous Gift

Page 5

  • Untitled (Hyperion Series), 1964
    oil on canvas
    c. 60" x 57" (152.4 x 143.5 cm)
    Collection Ruth and Murray Gribin

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