Larry Poons

(American, born 1937)

Larry Poons is an American abstract painter. Though he originally rose to fame for his Op Art paintings of the 1960s—with monochrome canvases replete with staccato marks that draw the eye across the surface in a frenetic dance—Poons’ practice has shifted through various aesthetic modes, most recently in a loose, painterly style akin to Abstract Expressionism or Lyrical Abstraction. Employing formal, allover compositions that recalls early work of Willem de Kooning or perhaps Jackson Pollock, Poons’ surfaces exude a wild energy even as the artist worked into his 80s. Writing for Hyperallergic, critic Peter Malone remarks that “it is genuinely exhilarating to witness a painter who lived and worked at a time when the transgression of depth in the picture field was taboo, finally set free to discover, perhaps rediscover, the vitality that abstract painting can still engender.” Born on October 1, 1937 in Tokyo, Japan, he studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Students League of New York in the early 1960s. Poons now lives and works in New York, returning to the League in 1997 where he continues to teach.

Larry Poons Artworks

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Untitled., 1964

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Untitled., 1964

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Ending Last, 1976

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Ending Last, 1976

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Untitled (85B-5), 1985

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Untitled (85B-5), 1985

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CHERRY BOBALINK, 2021, 2021

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CHERRY BOBALINK, 2021, 2021

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Imperial Abstract, 1994–1995

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Imperial Abstract, 1994–1995

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Untitled (from the Ten Works by Ten Painters , 1964

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Untitled (from the Ten Works by Ten Painters , 1964

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Express Train, 1971

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Express Train, 1971

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Dangerous B, 1969

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Dangerous B, 1969

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Untitled from X + X 'Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964

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Untitled from X + X 'Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964

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Cherry Bobalink, 2021

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Cherry Bobalink, 2021

Sale Date: December 19, 2022

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Clearboy, 1975

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Clearboy, 1975

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Untitled, 1972

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Untitled, 1972

Sale Date: November 18, 2022

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Untitled, 1983

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Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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CHERRY BOBALINK, 2021

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CHERRY BOBALINK, 2021

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YKES, 1974

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YKES, 1974

Sale Date: November 2, 2022

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Boohba, 1977

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Boohba, 1977

Sale Date: October 3, 2022

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Realing Round Ivory, 1975

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Realing Round Ivory, 1975

Sale Date: September 30, 2022

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Untitled, 1971

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Untitled, 1971

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Untitled (78C-4), 1978

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Untitled (78C-4), 1978

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Untitled (two works), 1980

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Untitled (two works), 1980

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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Untitled P12, 1974

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Untitled P12, 1974

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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Untitled, 1965

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Untitled, 1965

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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