Larry Poons (American, )

Timeline

1937
Born: Tokyo, Japan
1957
Studied at the New England Conservatory of Music
1959
Studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
1966
Subject of film Manual of Arms, produced by Hollis Frampton
1968
Instructor, Bennington College, Bennington VT
1969
Visiting Faculty, New York Studio School, NY
1970
Subject of film with Frank Stella
1972
Instructor, Cooper Union, New York, NY
1976
Guest Lecturer, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1984
Subject of film Painters Painting: a contested history 1940-1970, produced by Emile di Antonio and Mitch Tuchman
1988
Francis J. Greenbruger Foundation Award.
1999
Subject of film documentary Larry Poons produced by ART/New York, NY
Lives in New York City, currently teaches at Art Students League, New York, NY
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Exhibitions

2008
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75, Denver Art Museum, CO; travels to: Smithsonin American Art Museum, Washington, DC and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
"Painting: Now and Forever, Part II", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
"American Art Since 1945: In a New Light," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
2007–2008
"Larry Poons: Throw, Pour, Drip, Spill & Splash", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2007
"Larry Poons: Recent Paintings", Danese, New York, NY
"Larry Poons: New Paintings", Bernard Jacobson Graphics, London, UK (solo)
Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
"When Art Worlds Collide: The 60’s", Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Annual Instructors Exhibition, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
"Larry Poons: New Work", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004
"Larry Poons: Five Decades", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
"Suites From the Permanent Collection: The New York Collection for Stockholm", University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2002
"Larry Poons: New Paintings", Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2001
"Larry Poons: New Paintings", Salander-O'Reilly Galleries. New York, NY (solo)
2000
Perilla Gallery, Johnstown, New York, NY (solo)
Theo Waddington Gallery, Boca Raton, FL (solo)
Galeria Metta, Madrid, Spain (solo)
1998
"Places for Ray", Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1997
"Larry Poons: Texas Canyon and Selected Paintings and Drawings", Larry Evans/James Willis and Fredrick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, CA(solo)
"Art in Public", Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1996
Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo)
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1995
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
1994
"Speaking of Paint", Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1993
University of Miami, FL (solo)
1992
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1991
"Larry Poons: Paintings 1971-1991", Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Beverly Hills, California(solo)
Gallery Afinsa, Madrid, Spain(solo)
Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas(solo)
1990
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida (solo)
"Larry Poons: Paintings, 1971-1991", Salander-O’Reillly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1989
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
"Larry Poons: peintures 1976-1988", Galerie Montaigne, Paris, France (solo)
1988
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1985
Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
1984
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1983
Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
1982
Theo Waddington Gallery, Montreal, Canada (solo)
Hett Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Meredith Long & Co. , Houston, Texas (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada(solo)
1980
Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Galerie Artline, The Hague, Netherlands (solo)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (solo)
Galerie Ninety-Nine, Bat Harbour Islands, Florida (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Richard Hins Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1979
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Larry Poons paintings; Michael Steiner sculptures", Amerika Haus. Berlin, West Germany; Amerika Haus, Hanover, West Germany(solo)
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas (solo)
1978
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY(solo)
Galerie Ninety-Nine, Bay Harbour Islands, Florida (solo)
1977
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, NY(solo)
Watson/de Nagy, Houston, Texas (solo)
1976
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, NY (solo)
1975
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland( solo)
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1974
Knoedler Contemporary Art. New York, NY (solo)
"Larry Poons: recent paintings", Edmonton Art Gallery. Edmonton, Canada (solo)
1973
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1972
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1971
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Kasmin Ltd., London, UK (solo)
1970
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1968
Kasmin Ltd., London, UK (solo)
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1967
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1965
Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1964
Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1963
Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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Public Collections

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
Wichita Art Museum, KS, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Santa Barbara Museum of art, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., USA
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, USA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA, USA
Harvard University Art Museum, MA, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C, USA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), CA, USA
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, USA
Museum Of Fine Arts (Houston), Houston, TX, USA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
American Federation of Arts, New York, NY, USA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Bennington College, Bennington, VT, USA
Brighton & Hove Museums, England, UK
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA USA
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Literature

2007
Ebony, David, preface, and Phyllis Tuchman, essay. Larry Poons. New York: Danese.
2004
Poons, Larry and David Ebony. Larry Poons: Five Decades. New York: Jacobson Howard Gallery.
2001
Stella, Frank and David Carrier. Larry Poons: New Paintings. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries.
1994
Geldzahler, Henry. Making It New : Essays, Interviews, and Talks. Turtle Point Press. New York, New York.
1990
Robbins, Daniel. Larry Poons, Paintings 1963-1990. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries.
1989
Larry Poons: peintures 1976-1988. Paris, France: Galerie Montaigne.
1987
Auping, Michael. Abstraction, Geometry, Painting: Selected Geometric Abstract Painting in America Since 1945. H.N. Abramsin with Albright-Knox Art Gallery. New York, New York.
1983
Griffith, Laura Susan. Larry Poons and the Evolution of Stylistic Diametrics. Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio.
1983
Griffith, Laura Susan. Larry Poons and the Evolution of Stylistic Diametrics. Cleveland, Ohio: Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University.
1982
Contemporary Art : The Properties of the Abrams Family Collection, Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, the Makler Family Collection, Mr. and Mrs. C. David Robinson, the Estate of Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and from Various Sources. Christie's: New York, New York.
1981
Moffett, Kenworth and Larry Poons. Larry Poons: paintings, 1971-1981. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
1979
Poons, Larry and Michael Steiner. Larry Poons paintings; Michael Steiner sculptures. Berlin, Germany: Amerika-Haus Berlin.
1974
Larry Poons:recent paintings. Edmonton, Canada: Edmonton Art Gallery.
1974
Carmean, E.A. The Great Decade of American Abstraction; Modernist Art 1960 to 1970. Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas.
1971
Lippard, Lucy R. Changing: Essays in Art Criticism. Dutton Publishers. New York, New York.
1969
Art Students League, Centennial Decade: 1968-1969. Art Students League. New York, New York.
1966
The Current Moment in Art: A Symposium Sponsored by the San Francisco Art Institute, April 15, 16, 17.
1966
The Institute. San Francisco, California.
1964
Wagstaff, Samuel J. Ten works + Ten painters: X + X. Wadsworth Atheneum. Hartford, Connecticut.
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