Lloyd McNeill Serigraph, 1969

 

Consideration:

Edition 2/14

Signed lower right

Inscribed and dated lower left to “Neil and Rita,” 11/20/69

Visible water staining and age-related wear present

 

This serigraph by Lloyd McNeill reflects the artist’s distinctive visual language of simplified forms, layered color, and rhythmic composition. Rendered in bold fields of crimson, olive, black, and deep blue, the work balances abstraction with figurative suggestion, creating a composition that feels both architectural and deeply human. The intimate edition size and personal inscription dated 1969 place the piece within an important early period of McNeill’s artistic practice, where music, poetry, and visual form intersected through a modernist sensibility rooted in atmosphere, movement, and emotion.

Lloyd McNeill (1938–2021) was an American artist, poet, musician, and educator whose multidisciplinary practice bridged visual art and jazz. Best known for his spiritually resonant flute compositions and refined modernist works on paper, McNeill developed a highly personal aesthetic influenced by abstraction, African diasporic culture, and the improvisational structure of music. His work has gained renewed recognition among contemporary collectors and institutions for its quiet sophistication, experimental spirit, and contribution to postwar American art and culture.

Origin: United States

Material: Serigraph on silk with wood frame and protected with museum glass.

Condition: Visible water staining and age-related wear present.

Dimensions:

Artwork: 14.5 W x 16.5 H. 

All artwork is final sale