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Lester Johnson
GROUP WALKING 1982 NYC Exhibition Poster, Figurative Portrait, Women Auburn Hair

1982

About the Item

LESTER JOHNSON 1982 NYC Art Exhibition Poster Print Size - 
25.25 x 29.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, unsigned Image size - 18.5 x 23 inches Year published - 1982 GROUP WALKING is a limited run art exhibition poster by the American expressionist painter LESTER JOHNSON. It was created in 1982 in conjunction with the gallery exhibition of Johnson's paintings at Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer Gallery NYC. GROUP WALKING was printed in color offset lithography on high quality 80 lb. satin finish paper in soft pastel shades of pale peach, orange, pink, brown, green, muted navy blue, gray, black and white. GROUP WALKING is a modern figurative portrait depicting four young women with auburn hair dressed in fashionable multicolored print sheath dresses and one young man wearing a navy blue Yankees cap smoking his cigarette in the background as they pass each other on a city street. As a figurative expressionist and member of the Second Generation of the New York School, painter Lester Johnson(1919-2010) remained dedicated to the human figure as means of expression through the many stylistic changes of his oeuvre. Johnson exhibited his art at the Martha Jackson Gallery, Zabriskie Gallery, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, and James Goodman Gallery in New York as well as having been included in group shows at the Guggenheim, The Whitney, Museum of Modern Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was elected a member to both the American Academy of Arts & Letters and the National Academy of Design. Johnson lived and worked in New York City (on the Bowery), Springs, Milford (CT), Greenwich (CT), and Southampton, NY.
  • Creator:
    Lester Johnson (1919 - 2010, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1982
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.25 in (64.14 cm)Width: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Excellent condition, unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Union City, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU832312151552
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