LACMA acquires a major work by IL LEE
Art Projects International is pleased to announce the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently acquired a major work on paper by the Korean-born artist Il Lee for the museum’s permanent collection. Untitled 978 F — a very large (80 x 60 inches) black ballpoint ink on paper work — is from Il Lee’s seminal 978 series of powerful drawings from the 1990s. Internationally celebrated for his pioneering work with ballpoint pen and a storied career spanning nearly five decades, Lee is a trailblazer of contemporary abstraction.
Il Lee, Untitled 978F, 1997-98, ballpoint pen on paper, 80 x 60 inches (203.2 x 152.4 cm). Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Installation view of Il Lee’s Untitled 978F in IL LEE: The 90s at Art Projects International in New York, 2018.