Untitled

Artist Mark Bradford (American, born 1961)

Date2003

MediumLithograph

Dimensions32 1/2 × 32 3/4 in. (82.6 × 83.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrintmaking

Credit LinePurchased with acquisition funds

Object number2006.14.5

Label TextEnd papers, small rectangular sheets of translucent paper that protect hair during the perm process, are the basis of Los Angeles–based painter Mark Bradford’s early artworks. While working in his mother’s beauty salon, Bradford began integrating the papers into abstract paintings, creating a layered scrim through which the paint emerges. The artist, guided by an interest in common materials, has incorporated items from around Los Angeles—including fragments of posters, broadsides, and billboards—to tackle issues of civil unrest.

Status

On view

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