Larry Bell

Commissioned by Cecelia Anderson Malcolm directly from the artist in 1991

The Estate of Robert W. Malcolm

 “My work is about the various properties of light and the way it interacts with surfaces.”

– Larry Bell

Larry Bell is one of the great innovators to emerge from the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s and ‘70s. Best known for his virtuoso treatment of glass and his ongoing explorations of surface and light, Bell’s significant body of work encompasses sculpture, painting, works on paper, and furniture design. Often associated with the Light and Space movement, which included notable members Robert Irwin and James Turrell, and the West Coast artistic style known as Finish Fetish, Bell’s series of aesthetic breakthroughs with industrial techniques in the late 1960s and ‘70s, most notably his experiments with vacuum-coated glass and coating on paper, expanded upon key concepts of California Minimalism and the Sublime in unique ways. MP (Mirage Painting) #296 Duncans Window II evinces the artist’s deep and varied engagement with visual perception and the language of abstraction.