Beginning with his paintings of dots and ellipses nearly six decades ago, Larry Poons has remained at the fore of the development of painting with uniquely innovative works of art. These works have been acquired by many institutions, such as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, FR; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, AT; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL; Tate Gallery, London, UK; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.