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Billy Al Bengston Biography
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1934 |
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Born in Dodge City, KS
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1952 |
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Attended Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
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1955 |
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Attended California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
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1956 |
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Attended Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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1967 |
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National Foundation for the Arts Grant
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1968 |
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Tamarind Fellow, Tamarind Lithography Workshop
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1975 |
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Found. Fellowship
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1982 |
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Tamarind Fellow, Tamarind Lithography Workshop
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1987 |
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Tamarind Fellow, Tamarind Lithography Workshop
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Commissions
California State Office Building, Los Angeles, CA
California State Office Building, Long Beach, CA
Wilshire-Westwood Barricade, Los Angeles, CA
Contel Corporation, Virginia
Solvang Screen, Michael's Restaurant, Santa Monica, CA
Doumani House, Marina del Rey, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
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2008
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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2005
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Pink, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2004
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Deuce, Cartelle Gallery, Marina del Rey, CA
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2004
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Billy Al Bengston (Farewell Show), Cartelle Gallery, Marina del Rey, CA
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1993
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Billy Al Bengston, Galerie Neuendorf Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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1992
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Billy Al Bengston, Valerie Miller Fine Art Palm Desert, CA
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1992
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Billy Al Bengston 1992, Citrus Restaurant Los Angeles, CA
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1991
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It is not May Day and it is not a Holiday Sale, James Corcoran Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1991
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Billy Al Bengston, The Works Gallery, Crystal Court South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA
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1991
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Meet the Artist Brunch, The works Gallery at 110 Mildred Avenue Venice, CA
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1990
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Billy Al Bengston, Paintings for the '90's, James Corcoran Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1989
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Cirrus Gallery, Cirrus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1989
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Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kaleidoscope Gallery Palo Alto, CA
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1989
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Inaugural Exhibition featuring the work of Billy Al Bengston, The Works Gallery South Costa Mesa, CA
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1988
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Billy Al Bengston, Paintings of Three Decades, Contemporary Arts Museum (travelled) Houston, TX
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1988
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Billy, 30 Years of Work I Couldn't Sell, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1988
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30 Years of Work I Couldn't Sell..., James Corcoran Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1987
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Thomas Babeor Gallery, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1987
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1986
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1986
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Thomas Babeor Gallery, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1986
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Smith Andersen Gallery, Smith Andersen Gallery Palo Alto, CA
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1985
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1985
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Billy Al Bengston, Hui Nui Limited Edition Rug, Angles Gallery, with James Metz Productions
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1985
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Thomas Babeor Gallery, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1984
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1984
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Thomas Babeor Gallery, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1984
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1984
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Smith Andersen Gallery, Smith Andersen Gallery Palo Alto, CA
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1984
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Douglas Drake Gallery, Douglas Drake Gallery Kansas City, KS
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1983
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Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc. New York, NY
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1982
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1982
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Thomas Babeor Gallery, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1981
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Acquavella Contemporary Art, Acquavella Contemporay Art New York, NY
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1981
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A Decade of Billy Al Bengston: The Seventies, San Diego State University San Diego, CA
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1981
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Thomas Babeor Gallery, Thomas Babeor Gallery La Jolla, CA
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1981
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1981
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1981
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Billy Al Bengston, Watercolors 1974-1980, The Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
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1980
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1980
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Malibu Art & Design, Malibu Art & Design Malibu, CA
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1980
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Billy Al Bengston Watercolors, Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu, HI
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1979
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Billy Al Bengston: 20 Years on Paper, Conejo Valley Art Museum Thousand Oaks, CA
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1979
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Acquavella Contemporary Art Gallery, Acquavella Contemporary Art Gallery New York, NY
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1979
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Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Cantor/Lemberg Gallery Birmingham, MI
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1979
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1978
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1978
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Mizuno Ceramics Gallery, Mizuno Ceramics Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1978
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1978
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Billy Al Bengston: Paintings of the Seventies, Security Pacific Bank Building Los Angeles, CA
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1978
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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery University of Houston, TX
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1978
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John Berggruen Gallery, John Berggruen Gallery San Francisco, CA
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1977
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University of Montana, University of Montana Missoula, MT
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1977
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James Corcoran Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1977
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1976
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1976
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Dobrick Gallery, Dobrick Gallery Chicago, IL
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1976
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Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland Center for the Visual Arts Portland, OR
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1975
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Pyramid Gallery, Pyramid Gallery Washington, D.C.
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1975
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Seder/Creigh Gallery, Seder/Creigh Gallery Coronado, CA
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1975
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Tortue Gallery, Tortue Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1975
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Dootson-Calderhead Gallery, Dootson-Calderhead Gallery Seattle, WA
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1974
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John Berggruen Gallery, John Berggruen Gallery San Francisco, CA
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1974
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Jared Sable Gallery, Jared Sable Gallery Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1974
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1974
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Nicholas Wilder Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1973
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX
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1973
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Texas Gallery, Texas Gallery Houston, TX
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1973
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Corcoran & Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran & Corcoran Gallery Miami, FL
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1973
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Nicholas Wilder Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1973
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Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
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1972
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Galerie Neuendorf, Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg, Germany
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1972
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Felicity Samuel Gallery, Felicity Samuel Gallery London, England
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1971
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Margo Leavin Gallery, Margo Leavin Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1971
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La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla Museum of Art La Jolla, CA
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1971
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Contract Graphics Associates, Contract Graphics Associates Houston, TX
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1971
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Galerie Neuendorf, Galerie Neuendorf Cologne, Germany
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1970
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Galerie Neuendorf, Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg, Germany
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1970
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Galerie Neuendorf, Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg, Germany
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1970
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara, CA
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1970
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Mizuno Gallery, Mizuno Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1969
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Motel Dracula, Pasadena Art Museum Pasadena, CA
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1969
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, UT
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1968
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Motel Dracula, San Francisco Museum of Art San Francisco, CA
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1968
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA
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1963
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Ferus Gallery, Ferus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1962
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Martha Jackson Gallery, Martha Jackson Gallery New York, NY
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1962
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Ferus Gallery, Ferus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1961
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Ferus Gallery, Ferus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1960
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Ferus Gallery, Ferus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1958
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Ferus Gallery, Ferus Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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