 Artist's arttributes:
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Painting, Drawing |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| USA | 56 |
| Germany | 2 |
| France | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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Robert Berman Gallery, USA |
5 |
Biography: 
1925 Born in Los Angeles, CA (US)
1969 Died
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 61
Solo shows 12
2011
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| 40 Drawings - The Box, Los Angeles, CA |
2010
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| John Altoon - Nyehaus, New York City, NY |
2008
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| John Altoon - Drawings 1962-68 - The Box, Los Angeles, CA |
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| John Altoon - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
2005
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| John Altoon - Paintings and Drawings 1961-1967 - Luise Ross Gallery, New York City, NY |
1993
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| Paintings and Works on Paper by John Altoon - Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA |
1984
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| John Altoon: Works on Paper - Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1981
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| John Altoon - Art Museum at U.C. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
1973
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| John Altoon - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| John Altoon Drawings - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY |
1969
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| John Altoon Memorial - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
1967
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| John Altoon - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
Group shows 49
2013
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| The Permanent Collection - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
2012
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| OC Collects - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| Pacific Standard Time - Kunst in Los Angeles 1950–1980 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| The Postwar Era: From the Collection, 1945-1980 - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951–1969 - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945 - 1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy - Pasadena Museum of California Art- PMCA, Pasadena, CA |
2011
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| Civic Virtue: - Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Los Angeles, CA |
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| The Historical Box - The Box, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Lost & Found/abstracting Los Angeles 1945 - 1980 - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| 46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum - Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA |
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| Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California - Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA |
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| Paid To Play - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Venice in Venice - Nyehaus, New York City, NY |
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| The Beat Goes On: Select Works By Ben Talbert And John Altoon Beyond Erotic Art From The 60s - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Collectors Choice - R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
2010
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| Turning Over a New Leaf: Selected Botanical Works - Edward Thorp Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Another Nude Show - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Some (Old School) South Coast Guys - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2009
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| Super Flat - Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| My Certain Fate - Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA |
2008
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| Summer Cool - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Paul McCarthy´s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1 - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
2007
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| 1957 - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Coming Attractions - Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Semina Culture - Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Nude - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Great American Modernism - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| California Art from the Permanent Collection - Part II, 1930s to 1950s - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| Los Angeles 1955-1985 The birth of an art capital - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| California Modern - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| La Dolce Vita - Selections from the Ruth and Murray Gribin Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
2005
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| Semina Culture - Wallace Berman & His Circle - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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| West! Frank Gehry and the Artists of Venice Beach, 1962-1978 - Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Wilder a tribute to the Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles 1965-1979 - Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY |
2004
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| The Tamarind Lithography Workshop - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The LA That Influenced My Eye - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
2002
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| Ferus - Gagosian Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Revisited - Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1998
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| Lithography from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1997
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| Elusive Paradise - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| A Lasting Legacy: Selections From The Lannan Foundation Gift - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
1993
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| On the Road: Selections from the Permanent Collecton of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1981
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| California, sense of individualism - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
1972
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| Group Show - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
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| California Prints - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1967
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| 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
1957
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| Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye - - Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (closed, 1966) |
| Dealer Directory 4 |
USA
| | Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
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| | Mary Boone Gallery - 541 West 24 Street, New York City, NY
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| | Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
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| | Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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Collections 8
United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT
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| | Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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