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Jack YoungermanNexus1990
1990
About the Item
Abstract sculpture by American artist, Jack Youngerman (b.1926). Nexus, 1990. 24.5 inches. Aluminum, numbered 2/3. Signed and numbered on base.
1926 Born, St. Louis, Missouri; moved with family to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929
1943-44; 1946-47 Attended University of Missouri
1944-46 U.S. Navy, University of North Carolina
1947-49 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1949-55 Lived and worked in Paris
1956 Returned to the United States; lived in New York City 1956-1995
1995-current Resides in Bridgehampton, New York
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS:
1951 Galerie Arnaud, Paris
1958 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968)
1959 Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Sixteen Americans"
1962 Galerie Lawrence, Paris (also 1965)
1963 Galeria dell' Ariete, Milan
Everett Ellen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C.
1971 Pace Gallery, New York (also 1972, 1975)
1972 Portland Center for the Arts, Oregon
Seattle Art Museum, Washington
1973 The Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois
Galerie Denise Rene, Paris
1975 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
1976 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
1981 Washburn Gallery (also 1982, 84, 85, 86, 87, 91, 97, 99, 2001, 03, 06, 09)
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, :"Sculpture Grove," Public Art Fund
1982 Fine Arts Center, S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook, New York
1986 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York
1989 Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweded
2000 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
2004 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
2005 The Drawing Room, East Hampton, New York
Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York (also 2006)
2011 Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2013 Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
2014 Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Hervé Bize, Nancy, France
Selected Public Collections:
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gateway Foundation, Citygarden, St. Louis, Missouri
Musee de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Texas
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebach, Denmark
Milwaukee Museum of Art, Wisconsin
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
The New School for Social Research, New York
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, South Korea
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London, England
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Worchester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Yale University Art Center, New Haven, Connecticutt
- Creator:Jack Youngerman (1926, American)
- Creation Year:1990
- Dimensions:Height: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Width: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Wilton Manors, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2452620192
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