Robert Graham (American, 1938–2008)
LOT ID: 16137
Untitled, 1993
Bronze
15 х 5 х 5 in. cm.
Signed
Edition UNIQUE
Lot 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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    (H 14.5, W 0) in.
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