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Larry Rivers (American, 1923-2002)
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Larry Rivers
Cigar Box
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Larry Rivers
Drawn From The Collection 1984
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Larry Rivers
Dutch Masters
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Larry Rivers
Fashion and The Fish
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Larry Rivers
Fred Astaire in the Air
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Larry Rivers
Untitled (Rainbow Rider)
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Biographie |
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1923 |
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Born in Bronx, NY (Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg: August 17) |
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1940 |
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Changes name to Larry Rivers; begins career as a jazz saxophonist |
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1942 - 1944 |
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Serves in U.S. Army Air Corps.; medical discharge, 1943; attend Julliard School of Music, New York, NY |
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1945 - 1948 |
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Commences painting in Maine; moves to Manhattan; studies painting at Abstract Expressionist, Hans Hofmann’s, school in New York and Provincetown, MA, 1947-1948; studies with Abstract Expressionist William Baziotes at New York University (B.A., 1951); meets Willem de Kooning |
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1949 |
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First solo exhibition at Jane Street Gallery, New York |
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1950 |
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Lives in Paris for eight months; returns to New York to paint full-time |
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1951 |
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Solo exhibition at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, will exhibit annually (except 1955) through 1962; starts plaster sculpting; meets Jackson Pollock |
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1952 - 1953 |
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Designs set for poet and Museum of Modern Art curator, Frank O’Hara’s, play; moves to Southampton, New York |
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1954 - 1956 |
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One-man sculpture show at Stable Gallery, New York; Gloria Vanderbilt Foundation and Museum of Modern Art purchase Rivers, first in a museum collection; group exhibition at Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; participates in Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil |
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1957 - 1960 |
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Works with O’Hara on lithograph series and poet, Kenneth Koch, on painting-poems; starts welded metal sculpting; travels to Paris |
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1961 - 1963 |
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Sets up studio in Paris; works with Kinetic artist, Jean Tinguely, joint project exhibited at Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; Tate Gallery, London, buys a Rivers; solo exhibitions at Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, and Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles; European solo exhibitions at Gimpel Fils, London, and Galerie Rive Droite, Paris; commissioned to design New York Film Festival Billboard |
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1965 |
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First retrospective at Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA, travels to Pasadena Art Museum, CA, The Detroit Institute of the Arts, and others |
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1966 - 1969 |
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New England Merchants National Bank of Boston and Smithhaven Mall, New York, commission murals; designs set for Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex; collaborates with French filmmaker, Pierre Gaisseau; travels in Europe and North Africa; group exhibition at Museum of Modern Art; starts using spray cans |
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1970 |
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De Menil Foundation, Houston, TX, commissions a Rivers, highest price for a commissioned work to date; solo exhibition at Art Institute of Chicago; first of many one-man shows at Marlborough Gallery, New York, will exhibit at gallery until 1999; begins experimenting with airbrush, acrylic paint, and videotape |
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1971 - 1975 |
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Travels to West Coast and teaches at University of California, Santa Barbara; collaborates with Kenneth Koch on video segments that are shown at Whitney Museum, New York; travels to Africa and collaborates on film with photographer Peter Beard; solo exhibition at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; group exhibition at Swedish Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm |
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1976 - 1978 |
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Hirshhorn Museum buys a Rivers; Union of Soviet Artists invites to Russia to give lecture series; solo exhibitions at Gimpel Fils, London, ACA Galleries, New York, and Robert Miller Gallery, New York; starts using color carbon |
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1980 - 1982 |
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Retrospective at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela; traveling European retrospective organized by Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany; solo exhibitions at F.I.C.A., Paris, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, and Studio Marconi, Milan; moves in with Russian painter Daria Deshuk |
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1983 - 1985 |
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Retrospective organized by Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, travels to Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida; J.C. Penney, Philadelphia, commissions mural; New York solo exhibitions at The Jewish Museum and Kouros Gallery; one-man shows at Elaine Horwich Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, and Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Tokyo |
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1986 - 1988 |
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Designs cover for The New York Times Magazine; BBC commissions a computer art project to be shown on U.S. television; Philadelphia Historical Society commissions a print; work featured in Artforum; solo exhibitions at Adelphi University Center, New Jersey, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, Simms Fine Art, New Orleans, Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, and Heland-Thorden-Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden |
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1990 |
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Group exhibition at Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York |
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1999 |
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Final exhibition at Marlborough Gallery |
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2002 |
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Died August 16, Southampton, NY, USA; retrospective at Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
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Expositions |
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2013 |
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The Artist and the Poet - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Pop Object: The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art - Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York City, NY |
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2012 |
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Larry Rivers: Later Works - Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York City, NY
Acquisition - Rotterdam University Art Collection - Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
The Declaration of Independence: The Stone Copy and the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio - Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY |
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2011 |
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Behind Those Planes Are the Stars - The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Blaine, Broderick, Francis, Freilicher, Jaffe, Matthiasdottir, Rivers - Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York City, NY
Surrounding Bacon & Warhol - Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo |
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2010 |
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Seven Artists Inspired by Hanukkah - The Jewish Museum of New York, New York City, NY
Artists at Max’s Kansas City, 1965-1974 - Loretta Howard Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2009 |
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Larry Rivers: 50s-60s, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Early Major Works, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY (solo) |
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2007 |
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Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY March 6 - 31
Sobre el Humor, Galeriá Marlborough, Madrid, Spain, June 28 - September |
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2006 |
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Summer Show, Marlborough Graphics, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 22 - September 5 |
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2005 |
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Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY (solo)
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Internationale Zeichnungen, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany |
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2004 |
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Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Collection: From Renoir to Warhol, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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2002 |
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Fashion Show, Lord and Taylor, New York, NY and Marlborough Monte-Carlo, Monaco (solo) |
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2000 |
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On Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, NY and Marlborough Monte-Carlo, Monaco |
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1999 |
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Larry Rivers - Pastels, Manolo Valdés - Paintings, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium
In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Fashion Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1998 |
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Forma y Figuración: obras maestras de la colección Blake-Purnell, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
Coming Off the Wall, The Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA |
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1997 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1994 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1993 |
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Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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1992 |
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Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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1990 |
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Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France (solo) |
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1988 |
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Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, SC, USA (solo) |
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1987 |
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Simms Fine Art, New Orleans, LA, USA (solo) |
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1986 |
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Adelphi University Center, Garden City, NY, USA (solo) |
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1985 |
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Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (solo) |
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1984 |
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Kouros Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1983 |
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Elaine Horwich Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, USA (solo) |
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1982 |
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Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1981 |
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Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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1979 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1977 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1976 |
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Gimpels Fils, London, England (solo) |
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1974 - 1975 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1973 - 1974 |
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo) |
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1973 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1970 - 1971 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1970 |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Drawings) (solo) |
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1965 - 1966 |
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Traveling retrospective exhibition: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA; The Jewish Museum, New York, NY; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1964 |
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Gimpels Fils, London, England (solo) |
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1963 |
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Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1962 |
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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Gimpels Fils, London, England (solo)
Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, France (solo) |
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1961 |
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1955 - 1960 |
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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1954 |
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Stable Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1953 |
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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1952 |
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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1951 |
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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1949 |
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Jane Street Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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