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Joan Brown Biography
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1938 |
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Born in San Francisco, CA
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1959 |
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B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1960 |
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M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1962 |
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James D. Phelan Award
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1965 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany award
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1976 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant
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1977 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1980 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant
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1986 |
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1990 |
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Died in Prasanthinilayam, India
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction 1946-1953, Nyehaus, New York, NY
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2010 - 2011
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Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2010
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Summer Group Show: New and Classic, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2010
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Different Strokes: 20th Century Drawing, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2009
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Spaced Out/On Time, CANADA Gallery, New York, NY
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2009
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Summer Group Show, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2008 - 2009
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Looking for Mushrooms: Beat Poets, Hippies and Minimal Art, Art and Counterculture in San Francisco 19-55-68, The Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
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2008
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Face Forward: American Portraits from Sargent to the Present, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
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2008
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Joan Brown: Friends and Family, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Inside/Outside, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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True Love Always, Curated by Rebecca Campbell, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2006
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Joan Brown: The Affair, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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2006 Collector's Show & Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
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2006
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The Collection in Context: Bay Area Figurative Art, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
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2006
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Group Show, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2005
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Body Language, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2004
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Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
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2004
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George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2003 - 2004
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The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; traveling to the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
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2003
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Multiple Artists, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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Me, Myself & I, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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Women Artists: Their Work and Influence, 1950's-70's, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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2002
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Paintings and Drawings from the '70's, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2002
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A Few of Her Favorite Things: Joan Brown Works on Paper, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1999 - 2001
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Large Drawings from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Circulated by Smith-Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, MO; traveled to the Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA; Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
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2000
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The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO and San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
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2000
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2000 Collector's Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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1999
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Drawn Across the Century: Highlights from the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
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1999
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American Abstraction/American Realism: The Great Debate, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
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1999
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Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, San Jose, CA
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1999
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Art About Art, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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1998
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Transformations: The Art of Joan Brown, UC Berkeley Art Museum & Oakland Museum of California (solo)
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1997
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Mary Julia Series and Other Early Works, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1994
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Paintings and Drawings from the '70's, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1994
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Here and Now: Bay Area Masterworks from the di Rosa Collections, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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1994
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Around The House, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
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1993
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Paintings and Drawings from the 1970’s, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
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1992
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Joan Brown, Drawings and Paintings, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1992
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On Painting: The Work of Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkley, CA (solo)
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1992
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Major Works From the Early 1970's, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1992
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people, The Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
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1992
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Why Painting, Part I, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
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1991
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Memorial Exhibition, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York (solo)
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1990
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Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1990
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Bay Area Figurative Painting, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; traveled to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1990
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Signs of the Self: Changing Perceptions, Woodstock Artists Association, New York, NY
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1990
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Northern California Figuration, Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
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1989
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Here's Looking at Us: A Selection of Figurative Works from the di Rosa Foundation, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA
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1989
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Personae: Contemporary Portraiture and Self-Portraiture, Islip Art Museum, New York, NY
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1989
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Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-1985, traveling museum exhibition organized by Randy Rosin Arts Associates
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1988
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Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1988
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The Artists of California: A Group Portrait in Mixed Media, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Crocker Art Museum, San Francisco, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
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1988
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Large Paintings, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY
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1988
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Just Like A Woman, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
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1988
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Lost and Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art, James Corcoran Gallery, Pence Gallery, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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1988
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Made In the Sixties: Paintings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art (Equitable), New York, NY
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1988
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6 Artists/6 Idioms, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
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1988
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Diversity and Presence, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
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1987
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Self-Portraits by Women Artists, Security Pacific National Bank's Gallery at the Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
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1987
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Art Is, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA
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1987
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Self-Portraits: the Message, the Material, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
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1987
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The Figure In Context, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1986
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38th Annual Purchase Exhibition, Hassam and Speicher Fund, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1986
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The Golden Age, Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (solo)
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1986
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Joan Brown, Painting and Sculpture, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1986
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Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1985
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Peppers Art Gallery, University of Redlands, CA (solo)
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1985
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Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, CA (solo)
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1985
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Five Contemporary Painters, CSCS Art Gallery, New York, NY
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1985
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Art In the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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1985
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Three Reflections on the World : An Exhibition of Three Milton Avery Distinguished Visiting Professors in the Arts, Edith C. Blum Art institute, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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1985
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Chiaroscuro, Art City, New York, NY
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1985
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Outline, Cutout, Silhouette, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
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Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, CA
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Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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University of California Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
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University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
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Lewis Collection, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
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Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
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Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
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Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
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Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
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Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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Aldrich Collection, New York, NY
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American Federation of the Arts, New York, NY
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Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Clark Art Institute, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
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Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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