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Robert Graham (American, 1938-2008)
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Robert Graham
Untitled 2006
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Biography |
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1938 |
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Born: Mexico City, Mexico |
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1952 |
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Became a U.S. citizen |
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1961 - 1963 |
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Attended San José State College, San José, CA |
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1963 - 1964 |
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Attended San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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1985 |
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Became Trustee at Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, CA |
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1997 |
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Board of Trustees at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Santa Monica, CA |
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1998 |
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Became member of the Board of Trustees at San Francisco Art Institute, CA |
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1993 - 2000 |
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Became member of the Board of Trustees at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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2003 |
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Commander of Merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Malta |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo) |
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2007 |
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Fisher Gallery, University of Southern, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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2006 |
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Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA (solo)
Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (solo) |
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2005 |
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Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California (solo)
"Robert Graham: The Female Fom", Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (solo) |
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2003 |
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Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California (solo) |
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2001 |
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Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1999 |
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Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan (solo)
City of Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan (solo)
Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (solo)
Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo) |
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1998 |
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Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery with Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (solo)
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo) |
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1997 |
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Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico (solo) |
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1996 |
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Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery with Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Remba Gallery, West Hollywood, CA (solo)
Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Mikimoto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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1994 |
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Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo)
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (solo)
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1993 |
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Building Arts Gallery, Venice, CA (solo)
FIAC'93, Galerie Neuendorf, Grand-Palais, Paris, France (solo) |
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1992 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
48 Market Street Gallery, CA (solo) |
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1991 |
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1990 |
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Mixografia Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Galerie Fahnenmann, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
48 Market Street Gallery, CA (solo) |
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1989 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"The Revival of Figuration Since 1975", Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY |
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1988 |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1987 |
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"California Figurative Sculpture", Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1986 |
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"Firgure as Subject: The Last Decade", Whitney Museum of American Art at Equitable Center, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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"Body and Soul: Aspects of Recent Figurative Sculpture", Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Heads, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Graham Studio, Venice, CA (solo)
"Content: A Contemporary Focus", Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
"Fragments Exhibition", 48 Market Street, Venice, CA (solo) |
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1984 |
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Gemini G.E.L., Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, CA (solo)
ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
"American Art Since 1970", Travelled: La Jo, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1983 |
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"Twentieth Century Sculpture: Process and Presence", Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris New York, NY
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1982 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, Robert Miller Gallery New York, NY (solo)
"20 American Artists: Sculpture 1982", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"100 Years of California Sculpture", The Oakland Museum Oakland, CA
Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (solo)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (solo)
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (solo) |
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1981 |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1980 |
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Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1979 |
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"Selections from the Sculpture Collection", Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"1979 Biennal Exhibition", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany (solo) |
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1978 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1977 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1976 |
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"Painting and Sculpture in California", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany (solo)
Gimpel Fils, London, UK (solo) |
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1975 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Basel Art fair, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery Chicago, IL (solo)
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
Felicity Samuels Gallery, London, UK (solo) |
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1974 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg/Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, West Germany (solo)
Felicity Samuels Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Texas Gallery Houston, TX (solo) |
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1972 |
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Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, TX (solo)
Courtney Sale Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo) |
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1971 |
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Kunstverein, Hamburg, West Germany (solo)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Annual Exhibition", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Three Americans", Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
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1970 |
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Galerie Mollenhoff Cologne, West Germany (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg/Cologne, West Germany (solo)
Galerie René Block Berlin, Germany(solo)
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (solo) |
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1969 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1968 |
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Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg/Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Annual Exhibition", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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Galerie Thelen, Essen, West Germany (solo)
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1966 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
"Annual Exhibition", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1964 |
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Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto, CA (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections: |
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Bank of America, San Francisco, California
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Kunstmuseum, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Cologne, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
Museum of Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, california
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, california
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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Literature |
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1997 |
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Arteaga, Augustin and Sanchez, Alberto Ruy. Robert Graham. Mexico City, Mexico: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1997 (catalogue) |
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1995 |
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Corzo, Miguel Angel. Robert Graham Eight Statues. Los Angeles: Chac Mool Gallery, 1995 (catalogue) |
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1994 |
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McClure, Michael. Robert Graham Eight Statues. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994 (catalogue) |
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1990 |
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Robert Graham Fragmente. Berlin, Germany: Galerie Fahnemann, 1990 (catalogue)
Twenty-one Figures by Robert Graham. New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1990 (catalogue)
Robert Graham Freepoints and Engravings. Los Angeles: Mixografia Gallery, 1990 (catalogue) |
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1972 |
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Murdock, Robert. Robert Graham. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1972 (catalogue) |
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1970 |
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Konig, Walter. Robert Graham Works I963-I969. Hamburg, Germany: Galerie Neuendorf, 1970 (catalogue)
Glazebrook, Robert. Robert Graham. London, UK: The Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1970 (catalogue) |
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1969 |
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Robert Graham. Color Rooms. Hamburg, Germany: Neuendorf Verlag, 1969 (catalogue) |
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1967 |
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Kultermann, Udo. Robert Graham. Essen, Germany: Galerie M. E. Thelen, 1967 (catalogue) |
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