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Dorothea Rockburne Biography
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1932 |
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Born: Montreal, Canada
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1950 - 1955 |
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Studied at Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
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1955 |
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Moved to New York City, NY
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1957 |
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Walter Gutman Emerging Artist Award
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1971 |
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First solo exhibition at the Bykert Gallery
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1972 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
Painting Award, The Art Institute of Chicago Guggenheim Fellowship, Sculpture
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1974 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Award
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1976 |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Witowsky Painting Award
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1984 |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Visiting Artist
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1985 |
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Brandeis University, Creative Arts Award
Visiting Lecturer, "Working with the Golden Section", American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy.
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1986 |
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Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Milton and Sally Avery Distinguished Professor
Visiting Lecturer, An Artist’s Approach to Creativity, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
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1988 |
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Visiting Lecturer, "Calculated Character: Concepts of Desire," organized and moderated by Rainer Crone, Columbia University, New York
Visiting Lecturer, The New York Studio School, New York, Summer 1988
Panelist, "The Redefinition of "Art: the Collision of Cultures in the Post-Modern World," New York University, New York, NY
Lecture, The Nelson Gallery Foundation
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1989 |
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Panelist, "Artists Discuss Creativity and the Art Market, " Art News World Art Market conference, Milton Esterow, Chairman
"Contemporary Art in Context," gallery talk entitled "Matisse: Memories of Oceania/ Memories of Egypt," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1990 |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, "Dorothea Rockburne", The School of Visual Arts
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1991 |
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Artist in Residence, American Academy in Rome
Visiting Lecturer, "Lecture," San Francisco Art Institute
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1991 |
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Becomes a United States citizen
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1992 |
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Lecture, "Henri Matisse: A Retrospective," The Museum of Modern Art
Lecture, "Uncommon Sense," Kansas City Art Institute
Lecture, American Academy in Rome, In the Year of the Visual Artist
Lecture, Public lecture and studio time, Lafayette College
Lecture, The Studio School
Visiting Lecturer, "Artists’ Visions (moderated by Nan Rosenthal)," 92nd Street YMHA
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1995 |
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Lecture, "Considering Joseph Beuys", panel discussion, Moderator Marcia Tucker, Panelists, Camille Billops, Mary Miss, Dorothea Rockburne
Lecture, for the Independent Curators Inc., "Some Recent Work"
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1996 |
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ecture, "Bare Bones," TZ’Art & Company
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1997 |
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Artist in Residence, Bellagio Study Center, Italy
Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Inc. Award
Lecture, College Art Association, New York
Lecture, for Bellagio Study Center, Bellagio, Italy
Lecture, Raab Gallerie, Berlin Germany
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1998 |
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Lecture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Panelist, "Artistic Process," Artist Talk on Art
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1999 |
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Jimmy Ernst Lifetime Achievement Award in Art
Lecture, CCNY Community College of N.Y., New York, NY
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2000 |
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Commission: “The Virtues of Good Government – Part II,” Stamford Courthouse, Stamford, Connecticut
Panelist, "Dorothea Rockburne, Ten Years of Astronomy Drawing," Artists Talk on Art, The Phoenix Gallery, with Roberta Olsen and Jay Paschoff
Panelist, "Geometries in Art and Science," New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, moderated by Patricia Railing, with Fre Ligen, Rhonda Shearer, Stephen J. Gould
Completes General Service Commission, "Einstein's Cross," at the Brooklyn Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York, NY
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2001 |
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Department of Art
Panelist, "The Contemporary Mural," Artist Conversations at the National Academy of Design, moderated by Richard Haas, with: Ellen Lanyon, Craig McPherson, and Lincoln Perry
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2002 |
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College for Creative Studies, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree
National Academy of Design, Pike Award for Watercolor
National Academy of Design, Adolph & Clara Abrig Prize for Watercolor
Lecture, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, "Art and Art Museum Architecture"
Lecture, Montclair Art Museum, Babson Lecture Series with Victoria Newhouse
Panelist, “The Black Mountain College Experience, Points of View IV”, Camp Rockmont, Asheville, NC
Panelist, “WATERCOLOR”, New York Studio School, New York City, NY
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2003 |
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Lee Krasner Award, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Art Omi International, Francis J. Greenburger Award
Lecture, Brown Univerity, Providence, Rhode Island, “The Black Mountain Matrix”
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2004 |
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Lecture, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Perspective, Perception, and the Fourth Dimension - A Painter’s Point of View”
Lecture, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, “Perspective, Perception, and the Fourth Dimension - A Painter’s Point of View”
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2006 |
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Work on view in lobby of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teacher in residence at the Vermont Studio Center
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2007 |
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Awarded Commission from the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies: wall painting to be executed at the United States Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
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2009 |
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National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, Lifetime Achievement Award
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Homage to Henri Poincaré. Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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2009
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Astronomy Drawings. Beard Gallery at Wheaton College, Norton, MA (solo) - traveling to: Black College Museum and Arts Center, Asheville, NC, The New York Studio School, New York, NY
184th Annual: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art. National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, NY (group)
Paper: Pressed, Stained, Slashed, Folded. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY(group)
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2008 - 2009
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Lines, Grids, Stains, Words," organized by Christian Rattemeyer. MoMA traveling exhibition (Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal-Museum Wiesbaden, Weisbaden, Germany) (group)
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2008
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Geo/Metric: Prints and Drawings from the Collection. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing” curated by Connie Butler. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
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2007 - 2008
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Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now" curated by Deborah Wye. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
Drawing Connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the Old Masters. Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY (group)
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2007
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Lines, Grids, Stains, Words, curated by Christian Rattemeyer. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY(group)
Live/Work: Performance into Drawing, curated by Connie Butler. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
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2006
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Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art by National Academicians. National Academy of Design, New York, NY (group)
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2004
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Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (group)
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2003
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Dorothea Rockburne, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York City, NY (solo)
Dorothea Rockburne: New Paintings on Coppe. Jan Abrams Fine Art, New York City, NY (solo)
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2000
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Ten Years of Astronomy Drawings 1990 - 2000. Lawrence Rubin, Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York City, NY (solo)
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1999
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Art In General, New York, NY (solo)
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1997
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Ingrid Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1996
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Dorothea Rockburne: Visible Structure. Portland Museum of Art. Portland, ME (solo)
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1995
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Guild Hall Museum. East Hampton. New York City, NY (solo)
New Monoprints and Small Paintings. Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1994
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Painting from Nature. André Emmerich Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1992
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Dorothea Rockburne: Roman Wall Painting. André Emmerich Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Dorothea Rockburne: Painting. Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy (solo)
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1991
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Dorothea Rockburne: Circle and Square. André Emmerich Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Roman Wall Works, Painting In Situ. D.P.Fong & Spratt Galleries, San Jose, CA (solo)
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1990
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Dorothea Rockburne, New Work: Cut-Ins.André Emmerich Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1989
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"Dorothea Rockburne," Ten Year Painting Retrospectiv.Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (solo)
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1988
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New Paintings: Pascal and Other Concerns. André Emmerich Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1987
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Dorothea Rockburne, Recent Painting and Drawings. Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1986
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A Personal Selection: Paintings, 1968-1986. Xavier Fourcade, New York City, NY (solo)
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1985
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Dorothea Rockburne, Painting and Drawing, 1982-1985. Xavier Fourcade, New York City, NY (solo)
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1983
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The Way of Angels. Galleriet, Lund, Sweden (solo)
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1982
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Dorothea Rockburne: Recent Watercolors and Drawings. Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
The Way of Angels, 1981-1982. Xavier Fourcade, New York City, NY (solo)
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1981
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Works from the Egyptian Series. Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
Egyptian Paintings and White Angels: 1979-1981. Xavier Fourcade, New York City, NY (solo)
Angels and Conservation Drawings. David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Dorothea Rockburne: Locus. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
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1979
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A Decade of Drawings. Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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1978
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Drawings: Structure & Curve.John Weber Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1977
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Galleria La Polena, Genova, Italy (solo)
Dorothea Rockburne Drawings. Richard Eugene Fuller Gallery of Art, PA (solo)
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1976
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Working With the Golden Section, Structure and Color.John Weber Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1975
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Galerie Charles Kriwin, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy (solo)
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1974
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Galleria Toselli, Milan, Italy (solo)
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1973
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Bykert Gallery, New York City, NY(solo)
Lisson Gallery, London, England (solo)
Hartford College of Art, Hartford, CT (solo)
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Galleria Toselli, Milan, Italy (solo)
Galleria Schema, Florence, Italy (solo)
Works in Spaces. San Francisco Museum of Art, CA (group)
Whitney Museum Annual. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (group)
American Drawing 1963-1973. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (group)
Some Recent American Art, curated by Jennifer Licht. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
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1972
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New Gallery, Cleveland, OH (solo)
Bykert Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Galleria Toselli, Milan, Italy (solo)
University of Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (solo)
Galleria D'Arte, Bari, Italy (solo)
Masters of Modern Art. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
17th American Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (group)
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1971
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Sonnabend Gallery, Paris , France (solo)
Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Contemporary American Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (group)
Modern Painting: 1900 to the Present. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (group)
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1970
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Bykert Gallery, City, NY(solo)
Paperworks. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
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Selected Public and Private Collections:
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J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Gilman Paper, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
National Museum of Women in Art, Washington , DC
Auckland City Art Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Aacken Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Highhold International, South Africa
Art Gallery, University of Ohio at Columbus, OH
HHK Charitable Foundation, Milwaukee, WI
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
AT & T Art Collection
Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
National Galleries, Washington DC
The Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro Collection
The Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ganz Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Carmela Rea Collection
The Lynn Boillot Collection
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Continental Corporation, New York, NY
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection
The Robert Shapiro Collection
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Xavier Fourcade Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The National Academy of Design Museum, NY
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| Literature |
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2009
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Murray, Ann H. Dorothea Rockburne: Astronomy Drawings. Norton, MA: Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, 2009
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2007
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Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing Connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the Old Masters. New York: The Morgan Library and Museum, 2007
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1999
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Dorothea Rockburne : ten years of astronomy drawings 1990-2000. New York: Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, 1999
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1994
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Dorothea Rockburne; Painting from Nature. New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1994
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1989
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Yau, John. Dorothea Rockburne New Work: Cut-Ins. New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1989
Dorothea Rockburne. Waltham, MA: Rose Art Museum s, 1989
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1981
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Dorothea Rockburne: Egyptian Paintings and White Angels. New York: Xavier Fourcade, Inc., 1981
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1978
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Marlais, Michael. Dorothea Rockburne Drawing: Structure and Curve. New York: John Weber Galleryk, 1978.
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1976
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Spector, Naomi. Dorothea Rockburne: Working with the Golden Section, 1974-76. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1976.
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