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Lester F. Johnson (1919 - 2010)
Profile and Seated Man
signed and dated 'Lester Johnson 1962' (on the reverse), the first
oil on canvas, the first; watercolor on paper mounted on linen board, the second
1814 x 1614 in. (46.4 x 41.3 cm.), the first; 1978 x 14 in. (50.5 x 35.6 cm.), the second
Painted in 1962, the first.
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Lester Johnson was a very close friend who studied under Hans Hofmann alongside Wolf Kahn in the late 1940s. In 1951, Kahn organized the 813 Broadway Exhibition, including Johnson’s work, which gave rise to the artists’ cooperative Hansa Gallery.

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