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Ibram Lassaw (American, 1913-2003)
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Ibram Lassaw
Gyre 2 1995
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Ibram Lassaw
Pendant
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Ibram Lassaw
Pendant (detail)
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Biography |
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1913 |
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Born: Alexandria, Egypt |
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1921 |
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Immigrated to USA |
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1926 |
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Studied sculpture with Dorothea Denslow at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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1930 - 1931 |
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Studied classical sculpture at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, New York, NY |
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1936 |
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Co-founder of the American Abstract Artists |
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1946 - 1949 |
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President of the American Abstract Artists |
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1949 |
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Charter member of "The Club", New York, NY |
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1951 - 1965 |
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Represented by The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Died: East Hampton, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2002 |
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"Ibram Lassaw, Deep Space and Beyond," Radford University Art Museum, Radford Virginia and Leepa-Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs, Florida (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Meaning, Medium, and Method: American Sculpture 1940-1960. Selections from The Whitney Museum of American Art at The New York State Museum, NY (group)
"Abstraction: 6 Perspectives," Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
"Abstraction 60 years/60 Artists," Bujese Gallery, Long Island, NY |
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2000 |
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"Art for Art's Sake- Credo of the 50's," Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
"American Abstract Artist 1930-2000," Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island, New York
"Projection Paintings," Radford University, Radford, VA |
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1999 |
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"American Century of Art and Culture, 1900-2000, Part 1," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL (solo) |
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1996 |
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American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
"Pioneers of Abstract Art, American Abstract Artsits,1936-96," S.Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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Chicago International Art Expo, Chicago, IL |
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1992 |
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"Exploration of Space, Sculpture by Ibram Lassaw," Century Club, New York, NY |
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1990 |
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"American Abstraction 1930-45," The Frost Collection National Museum of American Art, Miami, FL |
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1988 |
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"The Impact of Surrealism in American Art, Convulsive Reality," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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"Jung and Abstract Expressionism: The Collective Image Among Individual Voices," Hofstra, Hempstead, NY
"The Machine Age in America," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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1985 |
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"Eight Modern Masters," Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX |
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1984 |
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"The Third Dimension," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"The Hampton Scene, Then and Now," Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY |
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1983 |
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"Abstract Painting & Sculpture in America (1927-44)," Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1982 |
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"Five Distinguished Alumni- WPA Federal Art Project," Hirschorn Museum and Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY |
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1981 |
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"An American Choice, Collection of M.K. Steinburg Newman," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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1980 |
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"Vanguard American Sculpture," Traveling Exhibition: Rutgers University, NJ
"American Art of the 20th Century," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1978 |
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"Twentieth Century American Drawings," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1976 |
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"Sculptors of the 1950's," The Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
"The Golden Door: Artist Immigrants 1876-1976," The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
"Two Hundred Years of American Sculpture," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"American Welders 1950-1960's," Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY |
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1975 |
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"Sculpture-American Directions 1945-75," National Collection of the Fine Arts, The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. |
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1973 |
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Lassaw Retrospective Exhibition, Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
"American and European Sculpture of the 1940's," University Art Gallery, UC, Berkeley, CA |
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1969 |
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Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
"20th Century Art from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"The American Painting and Sculpture-First Generation," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1968 |
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"Peggy Guggenheim Collection," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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"Jewelry by Painters & Sculptors," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Exposition International de Sculpture Contemporaine, EXPO 67, Montreal, Canada |
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1966 |
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"Art of the United States 1670-1966," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Biennial of Sculpture," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1965 |
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"United States Sculpture of the Twentieth Century," Rodin Museum, Paris, France
"International Exhibition of Art," Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Show of Painting and Sculpture at the White House, Washington, D.C. |
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1964 |
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"Art Between the Fairs," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1963 |
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"Sculpture of Our Time," Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC |
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1961 |
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"International Exhibition of Modern Jewelry 1890-1961," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
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1959 |
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Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany |
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1958 |
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American Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium |
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1957 |
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"Twelve Americans," Museum of Modern Art, Tate Gallery, London
Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
Retrospective, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA |
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1956 |
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International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Musee Rodin, Paris |
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1955 |
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"Salute to France," Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France |
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1954 |
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"Twentieth Century Drawing," Yale Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
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1952 |
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"Sculpture of the Twentieth Century," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY |
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1951 |
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"Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1950 |
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Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris, France |
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1935 |
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The Artists Union Show, New York, NY |
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1934 |
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Dudensing Gallery, New York, NY |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janero, Brazil
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Peggy Guggenhiem Museum, Venice, Italy |
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