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Lot ID: 16137
Robert  Graham:   Untitled
 
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Description
Artist: Graham Robert
Title: Untitled
Style: Contemporary
Medium: Sculptures, Bronze
Year: 1993
Size: height - 15 in, width - 5 in, depth - 5 in cm
Markings: signed
Edition: UNIQUE
Estimate: from US$20,000 to US$30,000

Seller's Description:
Unique patinaed bronze cast of a female torso by ROBERT GRAHAM—known for his naturalistic nude portraits of women cast in bronze, and as well by his many public commissions for statues of presidents and musicians from Los Angeles to Detroit and Kansas City to Washington DC. Following his own independent vision, the artist pusued his own obsessions and style through many twentieth century trends and movements.

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, Texas
Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, Iowa. USA. Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, Michigan. USA. Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Los Angeles, California. USA. Hamburger Kunsthalle. Hamburg, Germany. Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Washington, DC. USA. Kemper Museum Of Contemporary Art. Kansas City, Missouri. USA. LACMA Los Angeles County Museum Of Art. Los Angeles, California. USA. Ludwig Museum. Aachen, Germany. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Rotterdam, Netherlands. Museum Ludwig. Cologne, Germany. Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles). Los Angeles, California. USA. Museum Of Fine Arts (Houston). Houston, Texas. USA. Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. USA. National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC. USA. National Museum of Wales. Cardiff, Wales. Oakland Museum of California. Oakland, California. USA. Palm Springs Art Museum. Palm Springs, California. USA. San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, USA. The Contemporary Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii. USA. The Snite Museum Of Art, University Of Notre Dame. Notre Dame, Indiana. USA. Victoria and Albert Museum. London, United Kingdom. Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, New York. USA.
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  • History & Provenance
    • Provenance:
      Studio of the Artist, to
      Private Collection, EU



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      Item Location: Germany
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    Elizabeth, 1994
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  • Robert Graham
    Female torso, 1986
    bronze
    14.5 in. / 36.8 cm. Signed, Inscribed

    ed.unique

    Estimate: US$20,000 - 30,000 Sold for US$24,000


    Los Angeles Modern Auctions:
    Sunday, June 29, 2008, (Lot 00066)
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Biography & Links
Robert Graham Biography
1938
Born in Mexico City, Mexico
1952
Became a U.S. citizen
1961-1963
Attended San José State College, San José, CA
1963-1964
Attended San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1985
Became Trustee at Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, CA
1994
Recipient, The California Governors’ Award for the Arts
1993-2000
Became member of the Board of Trustees at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Santa Monica, CA; San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003
Commander of Merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Malta
2008
Died in Venice, California
Selected Exhibitions
1964
Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto, CA (solo)
1966
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
"Annual Exhibition", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1967
Galerie Thelen, Essen, West Germany (solo)
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1968
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
1969
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1970
Galerie Mollenhoff Cologne, West Germany (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf Hamburg/Cologne, West Germany (solo)
Galerie René Block Berlin, Germany(solo)
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1971
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
1972
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, TX (solo)
Courtney Sale Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
1974
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)
1975
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)
1976
"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)
1977
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1978
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1979
"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)
1980
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1981
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)
1982
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)
1983
"Twentieth Century Sculpture: Process and Presence", Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris New York, NY
1984
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)
1985
"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)
1986
"Firgure as Subject: The Last Decade", Whitney Museum of American Art at Equitable Center, New York, NY
1987
"California Figurative Sculpture", Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1989
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"The Revival of Figuration Since 1975", Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1990
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)
1991
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1992
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
48 Market Street Gallery, CA (solo)
1993
Building Arts Gallery, Venice, CA (solo)
FIAC'93, Galerie Neuendorf, Grand-Palais, Paris, France (solo)
1994
Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo)
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (solo)
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1995
Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Mikimoto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1996
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)
1997
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1998
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)
1999
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)
2001
Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2003
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA (solo)
2004
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
2005
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA (solo)
Robert Graham: The Female Fom, Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo)
2006
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA (solo)
Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (solo)
2007
Fisher Gallery, University of Southern, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2008
Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo)
2010
Revisiting the Figure: Prints, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA(solo)
Selected Public Collections:
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
Literature
1967
Kultermann, Udo. Robert Graham. Essen, Germany: Galerie M. E. Thelen, 1967 (catalogue)
1969
Robert Graham. Color Rooms. Hamburg, Germany: Neuendorf Verlag, 1969 (catalogue)
1970
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)
1972
Murdock, Robert. Robert Graham. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1972 (catalogue)
1990
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)
1994
McClure, Michael. Robert Graham Eight Statues. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994 (catalogue)
1995
Corzo, Miguel Angel. Robert Graham Eight Statues. Los Angeles: Chac Mool Gallery, 1995 (catalogue)
1997
Arteaga, Augustin and Sanchez, Alberto Ruy. Robert Graham. Mexico City, Mexico: Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1997 (catalogue)
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