Not on display
- Artist
- John Altoon 1925–1969
- Medium
- Acrylic paint and ink on board
- Dimensions
- Support: 762 x 1016 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the artist's widow 1981
- Reference
- T03266
Catalogue entry
T03266 UNTITLED (BLACK AND WHITE 55) 1963
Not inscribed
Ink and acrylic paint on board, 30 × 40 (76.3 × 101.7)
Presented by the artist's widow 1981
This is one of many drawings made by Altoon during 1963 on a commercial board of standard size. He concentrated on these intuitive drawings, combinations of Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, following a period of making larger oil paintings.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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