Porcupine
Artist
Rico Lebrun
(American, 1900–1964)
Date1959
Mediumblack ink applied with brush, and wax resist on cream wove paper
Dimensions57.6 x 78.8 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineAnonymous Gift in memory of Bertha James
Object number1968.56
Label TextLebrun began as a stained-glass designer in his hometown of Naples. A contract with Pittsburgh Plate Glass brought him to the United States. In 1938, he moved to Southern California, to teach at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Lebrun’s enthusiastic teaching—especially of drawing—brought him celebrity. This sheet, done when he was artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome, typifies his combination of representation and abstraction.On View
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