This 1972 lithograph, entitled "Greenwood" is by the celebrated American Contemporary sculptor, painter and printmaker Tom Holland (1936- present) famous for his use of nontraditional materials and means to question the nature of reality . Piece measures 43 3/4" by 31 1/2". Piece appears to be in good condition, with just a little bit of wrinkling at the top where the matte overlaps. Works by this artist can be found in the collections of many major museums including the Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, and the Whitney Museum in New York
Born in Seattle in 1936, Tom Holland grew up in California and attended Wilamette University, University of California at Santa Barbara, and finally University of California at Berkeley, where he was initially influenced by the work of David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Elmer Bischoff. Although his early work was traditional oil on canvas, it was in the 1970's while teaching at UCLA that Holland really achieved critical aclaim when he began to work with light and strong materials like fiberglass and aluminum that did not require a frame and hang on the wall like stiff tapestry.
Tom Holland has been called one of California's most important contemporary artists. His work has been described as inspired by Cubism, Futurism and Constructivism, and labeled exhilirating and visually challenging, playing games and distorting three dimensional space.
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