Lester Johnson

Three Heads, Frontal
1963

An abstract black and white print featuring three distorted and overlapping faces with prominent eyes and mouths. The artwork has a rough, expressive texture, with drips and splatters throughout, suggesting a raw, emotional quality. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom.

An abstract black and white print featuring three distorted and overlapping faces with prominent eyes and mouths. The artwork has a rough, expressive texture, with drips and splatters throughout, suggesting a raw, emotional quality. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom.

Not on view

Date
1963

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 1/8in. (56.8 × 76.5 cm) Image: 20 × 30 1/8in. (50.8 × 76.5 cm)

Accession number
2002.203

Edition
5/38

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of David Anderson

Rights and reproductions
(c) Estate of Lester Johnson

API
artworks/16575

Exhibitions

Prints into Drawings

Apr 13–Aug 27, 2005

Lester Johnson
4 works in the collection

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