After Michael Heizer (American, B.1944) 20th Century Framed Poster After Offset Lithograph

After Michael Heizer Poster After Offset Lithograph, “Geometric Extraction” print which would be the first run exhibition poster for the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Los Angeles published in 1984. The exhibition was held between March 17 and June 10, 1984. Very large with no margin. Framed in a black and red square frame that compliments the subject matter. Vibrant colorful shapes juxtapose lines contrast with broken indistinct words bounce around the composition. “Collection of American Museum” on bottom and artist’s name as well as angles, 45, 90, 180, followed by the title on the top “Geometric” (lacking the Extraction part but it is indeed titled as such).

Michael Heizer was born in Berkeley, California, in 1944 is a contemporary artist who began his career as a painter but transitioned to large-scale land sculptures in America and pioneered the “earthworks movement” in the 1960s. After briefly attending the San Francisco Art Institute in 1963–64, he moved to New York City in 1966. In 1967 Heizer began creating large Earthworks, primarily in California and Nevada. For his first one-person show, at the Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, in 1969, he removed 1,000 tons of earth in a conical shape to create Munich Depression. He followed this with Double Negative, a displacement of over 240,000 tons of earth to make two vast incisions opposite one another on the edge of Virgin River mesa, Nevada. Heizer’s next one-person show was at the Dwan Gallery, New York, in 1970, and that same year he exhibited at the Venice Biennale. Major exhibitions of his work have been staged at institutions such as the Museum Folkwang, Essen (1979), and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1984). Heizer lives in Nevada, where he continues to work on City, a sculptural complex begun in 1972.

Condition: In overall good condition with expected signs of age and use. Slight slice in backing across width of frame but does not affect its hanging ability.

Measures: 48” L X 48” W Site 45 1/2” L X 45 1/2” W