Larry Poons
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Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Poons canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Poons Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Larry Poons]
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A.
Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy is an American contemporary artist known for his provocative, often grotesque performance, video, and installation works that critique consumerism, popular culture, and the art world.
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B.
Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley was an influential American contemporary artist known for his provocative multimedia works that explored memory, popular culture, and the darker undercurrents of American society.
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C.
Al Held
Al Held was an American abstract painter known for his large-scale, hard-edged geometric compositions that explored space, depth, and perception.
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D.
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn was a prominent 20th-century American painter known for his lyrical abstractions and the celebrated "Ocean Park" series, which bridged Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
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E.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Larry Poons Target entity description: Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
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A.
Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy is an American contemporary artist known for his provocative, often grotesque performance, video, and installation works that critique consumerism, popular culture, and the art world.
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B.
Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley was an influential American contemporary artist known for his provocative multimedia works that explored memory, popular culture, and the darker undercurrents of American society.
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C.
Al Held
Al Held was an American abstract painter known for his large-scale, hard-edged geometric compositions that explored space, depth, and perception.
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D.
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn was a prominent 20th-century American painter known for his lyrical abstractions and the celebrated "Ocean Park" series, which bridged Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
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E.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract painter
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| activeIn | New York City art scene ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Poons ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abstract painting
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gestural abstraction ⓘ optical art ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| givenName | Larry ⓘ |
| hasRepresentationIn | contemporary art galleries ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Art Institute of Chicago
ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Op Art movement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract art
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Color Field painting ⓘ Orphism ⓘ
surface form:
Lyrical abstraction
Op Art ⓘ |
| name | Larry Poons self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dot-based Op Art paintings
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energetic gestural abstractions ⓘ vibrant, optically dynamic compositions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
dot paintings of the 1960s
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loose, poured and flung paint abstractions ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 21st century ⓘ |
| residence |
New York
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surface form:
New York (state)
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
all-over composition
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non-representational painting ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical scholarship
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documentary film "The Price of Everything" ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
acrylic paint
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canvas ⓘ oil paint ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Larry Poons Description of subject: Larry Poons is an American abstract painter known for his vibrant, optically dynamic compositions that evolved from dot-based Op Art to energetic, gestural abstractions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.