Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, California, in 1943. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1968 with a BFA. After graduating, Dill became a printing apprentice and worked closely with established artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns.
A Los Angeles artist, Dill had his first solo exhibition in New York City with Sonnabend Gallery in 1971. He was one of the first Los Angeles artists to exhibit Light and Space work in New York. He exhibited the “Light Sentences” and “Light Plains” sculptures in institutions across the United States and globally, and has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in these pieces in the last decade as well, including an acquisition of a “Light Plains” sculpture by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is currently on view in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Dill has been crafting light and earthly materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by (Robert) Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim and Robert Irwin, who were working with earth materials, light and space as an alternative to easel painting.” When Dill does use canvas, he paints with pigments derived from cement and natural oxides.
Dill’s works are in the permanent collections of national and international institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Museum of Contemporary Art, California; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the High Museum, Atlanta; and elsewhere. He currently lives and works in Venice, California, where he maintains a studio.
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Toko Shinoda Signed Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Print Stream
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Stream", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merging of tradi...
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William Tolliver Signed Limited Edition Abstract Serigraph Print Natural Beauty
By William Tolliver
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed, complexly composed abstract serigraph print by prominent African American artist William Tolliver (1951-2000) titled "Natural Beauty". The piece, featuring a...
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Toko Shinoda Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Transparent Shadow
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Transparent Shadow", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merg...
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Dean Meeker Signed Limited Ed. Midcentury Silkscreen Serigraph Print Portofino
By Dean Meeker
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed, abstract designed limited edition silkscreen serigraph print by American artist Dean Meeker. This work is titled "Portofino" and is one of his more elusive/rare and hard-to-find images. The print is hand-pencil signed, titled, and numbered (Edition of 50) by the artist. Dean Jackson Meeker (born in Madison, Wisconsin, 1920-2002) was an internationally recognized sculptor, painter, and printmaker. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin. In 1958, Meeker was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1959 and 1960 to study printmaking in Europe. In Paris, he worked at Hayter's printmaking workshop, Atelier 17, and with printmaker Kaiko Moti while also studying in museums in Spain and Italy. Meeker's works are in collections worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Milwaukee Art...
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Hiroyuki Tajima Signed Limited Edition Abstract Zen Japanese Woodblock Print
By Hiroyuki Tajima
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, luminous, and sumptuously colored woodblock print by Japanese artist Hiroyuki Tajima titled "Small Garden, B" Tajima is famed for his use of dark, rich colors and striking abstract compositions and was heavily influenced and guided by his Zen Buddhist beliefs. The print is pencil signed, titled, dated (1967), and apparently numbered (6/50). Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian print collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting. His work can be found in various collections and museums including: The British Musem, London UK The Japanese Museum, Tokyo, Japan Harvard Art Museum Portland Art...
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Raoul Ubac Signed Limited Edition French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Lithograph
By Raoul Ubac
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, Mid-Century Modern abstract lithograph (lithographie) by artist Raoul Ubac (1910 - 1985). Ubac was a French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver who embraced Su...
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Jack Brusca Signed Print 1972
Located in Chicago, IL
Jack Brusca Print 1972 Numbered 131 / 150 Edition Please request additional photos as present photos show reflections and glare in glass. Will be reshooting. Glass has small crac...
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John Maxon Discovery Signed Contemporary Lithograph on Paper 27/200 Framed 1994
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A contemporary lithograph on paper titled "Discovery" by Santa Cruz artist John Maxon. Hand signed in pencil bottom right. Titled bottom mid with an annotation of 27/200 on the botto...
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Mid-Century Modern, Lithograph n.15/20 by Emilio Scanavino
By Emilio Scanavino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mid-Century Modern, Lithograph n.15/20 by Emilio Scanavino. The work was created around the 1970s, and it is part of a cycle of 20 lithographs. The use of few colors enhances the work
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Emerson Woelffer Lithograph, 50/50 Signed, Dated, Unframed, Modern 74
By Emerson Woelffer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice lithograph, of the well-known modernist artist Emerson Woelffer. Signed, numbered 50/50. Dated 74.
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Framed Lithograph by Gérard Gosselin, Mid-Century Modern, E.A. XV/XV
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Gérard Gosselin, 1989 Lithography E.A. number XV/XV This work is signed by the artist and has an individual number and date (pencil) Work dimensions 59/78 Framed work Gérard Gosseli...
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Patrick Wadley (1950-1992) Abstract Signed Print
By Patrick Wadley
Located in Sarasota, FL
Patrick Wadley signed print. Patrick Wadley was born in Oklahoma in 1950. He studied briefly at the University of Oklahoma and Sam Houston State University. In the early 1970's he m...
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