 Artist's arttributes:
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Female |
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Works on Paper, Printmaking, Sculpture |
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Neo-Dada |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 103 |
| Germany | 9 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Leo Castelli Gallery, USA |
23 |
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Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, USA |
10 |
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MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, USA |
8 |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, USA |
3 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), USA |
3 |
Biography: 
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Photo by Josh Titus, courtesy UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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15.1.1931 Born in Providence, RI (US)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 118
until 23.2.2014
until 2.6.
until 2.6.
Solo shows 14
2011
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| Lee Bontecou. Insights - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
2010
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| Lee Bontecou: All Freedom in Every Sense - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Lee Bontecou: Fifth Stone Sixth Stone - Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
2004
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| A Retrospective - Lee Bontecou - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
2003
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| Lee Bontecou - A Retrospective - Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
1999
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| Lee Bontecou 1958-1972 - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1995
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| Lee Bontecou - Reliëfs 1959-60 - Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht |
1993
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| Focus Series: Lee Bontecou: Sculpture And Drawings Of The 1960s - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA |
1971
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| Lee Bontecou - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1968
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| Lee Bontecou - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
1966
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| Lee Bontecou - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1962
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| Lee Bontecou - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1960
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| Lee Bontecou - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
Group shows 101
2012
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| INsite/INchelsea - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Mortal Reflections (2012-13) - IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Tracing the Century: Drawing as a Catalyst for Change - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England) |
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| Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949–1962 - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA |
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| ...on Paper - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The Expanding Grid - Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH |
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| Drawn - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2011
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| T.a.i.t.e. Die Wahrheit Über Die Kolonien 1 - Galerie Conradi, Hamburg |
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| Selections From The Hammer Contemporary Collection - Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Neue Künstlerinnenräume - K21 Ständehaus, Dusseldorf |
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| Carolina Collects: 150 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art from Alumni Collections - Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC |
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| Adding to the Mix 1: John Wesley’s Boeing (1982) - Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC |
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| Drawings for the New Century - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Compass - Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| Artists Collect - International Print Center New York, New York City, NY |
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| Abstract Expressionism: Reloading the Canon - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Master Drawings in New York - Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY |
2010
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| Galaxy & Cosmos - Jason McCoy Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Compass in hand. Selección de la Colección de dibujo contemporáneo de la Fundación Judith Rothschild - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Form in Translation: Sculptors Making Prints and Drawings - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
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| Wall to Wall - Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Collecting Biennials - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
2009
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| Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence (Part Two: Sculpture) - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Assembled Realities and Small Treasures - IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Die Kunst ist super! - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
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| Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Scavengers - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI |
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| Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976 - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
2008
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| Great Women Artists: Feminist Art From The Permanent Collection - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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| Action/Abstraction - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
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| Contemporary Masters: Print Selections - Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT |
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| Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings - Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
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| Artists in Depth: Works from the MCA Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
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| Inaugural Exhibition - Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 - The Jewish Museum of New York, New York City, NY |
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| Selections from the collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs - - Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| (un)common threads - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| In Their Own Words - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| "How Artists Draw: Toward the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center" - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
2007
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| Black & White and a little red... - David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
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| The third mind - Carte blanche a Ugo Rondinone - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| Paper - Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| What Is Painting? - Contemporary Art from the Collection - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Block Party II - Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The Shapes of Space - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| The Wandering Eye - Works on Paper from the 60s and 70s - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Twice Drawn - The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
2005
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| The Fluidity of Time - Selections from the MCA Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
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| 2D from 3D - Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
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| View (Eight) - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
2004
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| Featuring - Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Suites - From the Permanent Collection - Amherst Fine Arts Center - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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| West to Wesselmann - Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ |
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| 54th Carnegie International - Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA |
2003
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| Black White - Danese, New York City, NY |
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| In Sequence - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
2002
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| Crisis Response - The RISD Museum - University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI |
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| The New York School: Abstract Expressionism and Beyond - UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI |
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| Vertigo - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| True Grit - Seven Female Visionaries Before Feminism - Boise Art Museum BAM, Boise, ID |
2001
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| About Objects - The RISD Museum - University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI |
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| Winter Group Exhibition - Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York City, NY |
2000
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| Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| True Grit - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1999
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| Drawings from the 60s & 70s - - Curt Marcus Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2002) |
1998
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| Essence of the Orb - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The '60s in the Seventies - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
1996
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| Womens's work - The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Fiber and Form: The Woman's Legacy - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1994
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| Portafolio de Estocolmo. Exposición de grabados norteamericanos - MADC Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José |
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| Bontecou, Higgins & Moskowitz - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1992
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| Words and Images: Lee Bontecou, Robert Motherwell and Robert Rauschenberg - Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT |
1987
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| XXXth Anniversary The First Fifteen Years Part 1 - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1982
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| 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Leo Castelli - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The Americans: The Collage - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1976
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| Modern Masters - Richard Gray Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| New York in Europa - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Group Drawing Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1974
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| In Three Dimensions - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Group Drawing Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1972
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| Group Exhibition - Richard Gray Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Universal Limited Art Editions - Collectors Items - Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc, New York City, NY |
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| Group Drawing Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1971
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| Sculptors' Drawings - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1967
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| Drawings: Recent Acquisitions - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Sculpture: A Generation of Innovation - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Tenth Anniversary Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1966
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| Group Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1965
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| John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1964
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| documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| American Painters as New Lithographers - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1963
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| Americans 1963 - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Group Drawing Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| American Painting and Sculpture 66th Annual - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1962
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| Group Drawing Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Group Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1961
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| Group Exhibition - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| An Exhibition in Progress - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Sculpture and Relief - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
1960
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| Summary 1959 – 1960 - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, NY |
| Dealer Directory 2 |
USA
| | Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
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Collections 18
Canada
| | Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
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Germany
| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Sweden
| | Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
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| | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL
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| | The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
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| | Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
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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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| | Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
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| | Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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| | Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
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| | David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
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| | Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
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| | Saint Louis University Museum of Art - SLUMA, Saint Louis, MO
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