Red Grooms Figurative Prints
American, b. 1937
Charles Roger Grooms was born in 1937 in Nashville, Tennessee, a city that, with its lively honky-tonk scene and the theatricality of the historic Grand Ole Opry, would later influence much of his work. Nicknamed for his ginger hair, Red enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1955. A self-proclaimed “restless and undisciplined student,” Grooms spent the next few years moving between schools and cities, including the New School in New York, Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, and Hans Hofmann’s summer school in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Frustrated with the academic track and anxious to enter the New York art scene, Grooms abandoned formal education to focus exclusively on creating art and securing exhibition opportunities in his Chelsea neighborhood. There, he found quick success and a supportive circle of artists that became close friends and collaborators.
From the start of his career, Grooms has worked in multiple media, from painting, printmaking, and sculpture, to installation art, filmmaking, and theatrical experiences known as “Happenings.” Much of his art blurs the boundaries between these different forms, such as his large-scale, carefully-crafted environments he calls “sculpto-pictoramas,” and smaller objects like Dalí Salad. In this example, Grooms combines silkscreened and lithographic elements with a wooden base and acrylic dome to create a three-dimensional portrait of the famous Surrealist artist.
Grooms is perhaps best known for his colorful and comedic commentary on the culture, politics, and figures associated with the American urban environment and art historical traditions. Relying on satire and caricature, Grooms’ art has paid homage to a wide range of artists including Rembrandt, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Eakins, and Benjamin West, as well as national icons like Thomas Jefferson and Chuck Berry. Grooms’ disparate output is so difficult to classify that he has been compared to the influential Dada artist, Marcel Duchamp. Like Duchamp, Grooms often deliberately confronts the art world establishment, noting in 1974 that “it’s good to have . . . something to go against.”
Despite his affinity for defying the mainstream, Grooms is routinely cited by scholars as one of the leading American artists of his generation and was honored with the National Academy of Design’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. The subject of a 1984 mid-career retrospective exhibition held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the artist’s work can be found in public collections across the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, as well as in many international museums.
- The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina(Biography provided by Helicline Fine Art)
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Artist: Red Grooms
Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937).
Lithograph in colors on wove paper, 1993
"East of Canal Street, Corner of Canal."
Published by the Brooklyn Museum
(Reference: Red Grooms: The Grap...
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1990s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Truck I (VEL 105; Knestrick 77)
By Red Grooms
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Red Grooms (1937)
Title: Truck I (VEL 105; Knestrick 77)
Year: 1979-1980
Medium: Lithograph, screenprint, rubber stamp impressions on Arches paper
Edition: 36, plus 11 artist...
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Screen
Charlie Chaplin
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical tribute to the silent film icon, Charlie Chaplin was created by Red Grooms in 1986 as a three-dimensional lithograph in colors. Encased in a Plexiglas box measuring 23 x ...
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20th Century Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Marilyn Monroe & Albert Einstein, Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Red Grooms (1937)
Title: Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe
Year: circa 1987
Medium: Monotype and mixed media on wove paper
Size: 47.62 x 31.87 inches
Condition: Excellent
I...
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1980s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Monotype, Mixed Media
Mr. Chuck Berry, Pop Art Print by Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mr. Chuck Berry by Red Grooms, American (1937)
Date: 1978
Screenprint with 3-D "Dancer", signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 127/150
Image Size: 24 x 18.25 inches
Size: 33 x 26 ...
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Screen
Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
Red Grooms (American, b. 1937).
Keystone Kops to the Rescue III. 2006.
Triptych color monotype created by the artist with lithographic ink on plexiglass plates, and then hand-colored by the artist.
Printed by master printer Bud Shark.
Printed on White Rives BFK.
A unique impression, signed by the artist in pencil lower right.
3 sheets. Each sheet is 30 x 44 ½ ”. Overall: 30 x 133 ½ ”
This has all the wonderful components of a Red Grooms piece, Keystone Kops policemen, Circus, Cactus, Cowboys, Hollywood sign etc.
Red Grooms (born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937) is an American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life. Grooms was given the nickname "Red" by Dominic Falcone (of Provincetown's Sun Gallery) when he was starting out as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Provincetown and was studying with Hans Hofmann.
Grooms was born in Nashville, Tennessee during the middle of the Great Depression. Red Grooms came of age in the shadow of the Abstract Expressionists. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, then at Nashville's Peabody College. In 1956, Grooms moved to New York City, to enroll at the New School for Social Research. A year later, Grooms attended a summer session at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. There he met experimental animation pioneer Yvonne Andersen, with whom he collaborated on several short films. Grooms follows in the tradition of William Hogarth and Honoré Daumier, who were canny commentators on the human condition. In 1969, Peter Schjeldahl compared Grooms to Marcel Duchamp, because both embodied "a movement of one man that is open to everybody."
In the spring of 1958, Grooms, Yvonne Andersen and Lester Johnson each painted twelve-foot by twelve-foot panels, which they erected with telephone poles on a parking lot adjacent an amusement park in Salisbury, MA. Inspired by artist-run spaces such as New York's Hansa Gallery and Phoenix, and Provincetown's Sun Gallery, Grooms and painter Jay Milder opened the City Gallery in Grooms' second-floor loft in the Flatiron District. When Phoenix refused to show Claes Oldenburg, Grooms and Milder dropped out of Phoenix and City Gallery presented Oldenberg's first New York exhibition, as well as that of Jim Dine. Other artists who showed at City Gallery include Stephen Durkee, Mimi Gross (daughter of Chaim Gross and Red Grooms wife), Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, and Alex Katz. Grooms never developed the detached stance of such Pop Art practitioners as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein or James Rosenquist. Instead he painted his own life, and became, literally, an actor on the stage of life -- in this case the art-as-life "happenings" of the downtown New York scene. Inspired by George Méliès...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Monoprint, Monotype
"Expedition" (aka "EAT", aka "Stockholm Print")
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms
"Expedition" (aka "EAT", aka "Stockholm Print"), 1973
Silkscreen on 100% rag paper
Pencil signed, dated and numbered recto (front); Stamped in black on verso "© Copyright ...
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Screen
Nassau Red poster (hand signed in red marker by Red Grooms)
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms
Nassau Red poster (hand signed in red marker by Red Grooms), 2005
Offset lithograph poster
Hand signed by the artist with red marker on the front
32 × 22 inches
Unframed
T...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Offset
Taxi to the Terminal
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms
Taxi to the Terminal, 1993
color lithograph, ed. of 18 AP
22 x 30 in. / 55.9 x 76.2 cm
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1990s Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Hand-signed "Local" lithograph by Red Grooms from the 1971 "No Gas" portfolio
By Red Grooms
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Local" lithograph by Red Grooms from the 1971 "No Gas" portfolio. Hand-signed AP Red Grooms in policeman's left shoe in bottom lower right of image. Depicts people on subway.
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1970s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Hand-signed and numbered "Rat" lithograph from "No Gas Portfolio" by Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Rat" lithograph from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio by Red Grooms. Hand-signed AP Red Grooms inside blue of Clorox bottle on front lower right. Image size: 22 x 27 1/2 inches. Depicts a N...
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1970s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Hand-signed "Taxi Pretzel" lithograph from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio by Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Taxi Pretzel" lithograph by Red Grooms from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio. Hand-signed Red Grooms AP on bottom of shoe on lower right corner. Image size: 27 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches.
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1970s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Ruckus Manhattan (Hand signed)
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms
Ruckus Manhattan (Hand signed), 1981
Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Red Grooms)
11 × 28 inches
Hand signed by Red Grooms on the front
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1980s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Offset
"Slushing" hand-signed lithograph by Red Grooms from the 1971 "No Gas" portfolio
By Red Grooms
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Slushing" lithograph by Red Grooms from 1971 "No Gas" portfolio. Signed AP at bottom of blue umbrella in center of image and Red Grooms on shoe in lower right corner. Depicts people...
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1970s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Joan On the Bed IV
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Joan On the Bed IV, 2020
monotype, unique print from a series of V
18 3/4 x 22 3/8 in. (47.6 x 56.8 cm)
framed: 22 x 25 3/8 in.
Coinciding with the current presentation of recent p...
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2010s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Monotype
Frankenthaler (Graphite) IV
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Frankenthaler (Graphite) IV, 2020
monotype, unique print from a series of VI
18 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. (46.4 x 57.8 cm)
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2010s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Monotype
Cedar Bar VI
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Cedar Bar VI, 2020
monotype, unique print from a series of VI
19 x 22 1/2 in. (48.3 x 57.1 cm)
framed: 24 1/8 x 29 1/2 in.
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2010s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Monotype
"The Guggenheim, 10 Independents" 1972 AP lithograph hand-signed by Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Guggenheim, 10 Independents" 1972 lithograph hand-signed Red Grooms AP inside figure of woman on bottom right corner of work. The work promotes the January 14 through February 2...
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1970s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Red Grooms American Artist Original Hand Signed lithograph
By Red Grooms
Located in Miami, FL
Author: Red Grooms (United States, 1937)
Title: 'Brooklyn bridge bustle', 2002
Medium: Print.
Technique: Lithograph on paper
Size Image: 22 x 30 in. (55 x 76 cm.)
Size Sheet: 27 x 3...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
Red Grooms American Artist 2002 Original Hand Signed lithograph
By Red Grooms
Located in Miami, FL
Author: Red Grooms (United States, 1937)
Title: 'On your mark, get set, go!', 2002
Medium: Limited Edition Print.
Technique: Lithograph on paper
Image size: 76 x 56.5 cm. (30 x 22 in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint, Screen, Lithograph
Aarrrrrrhh
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this three-dimensional color lithograph on Arches Cover paper in a Plexiglas case. Signed, dated and numbered 62/75 in pencil by Grooms. Printed at Bank Str...
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Plexiglass, Color
Pollock's Model A
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Pollock's Model A, 1998
Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil
Lithograph
Sheet: 13 x 20 inches
Frame: 20.5 x 26.5 inches
Edition 6 of 75
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1990s Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Fats Domino
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms’ “Ruckus Manhattan” in the mid-1970s humorously transformed Grand Central Terminal into a 3-D caricature of New York City. “I wanted to do a novelistic portrait of Manhattan from Battery Park to Grant’s tomb,” Grooms explained. The comic-book inspired interactive installation included iconic landmarks—the subway, Central Park, the Apollo Theater...
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1980s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Pierpont Morgan Library, Lithograph by Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Red Grooms, American (1937 - )
Title: Pierpont Morgan Library
Year: 1982
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 300, 40 AP'...
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1980s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Untitled, from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving
By Red Grooms
Located in London, GB
Etching on BFK Rives paper, 1962, signed and numbered E.A. from the edition of 60, printed by Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris, published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan, 25.2 x 19.2 cm. (9.9 x 7.6 in.)
From The International...
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1960s American Realist Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Etching
Samurai
By Red Grooms
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 40.
Red Grooms and Master printer Bud Shark began their many print collaborations in 1981 with “Mountaintime”, followed in 1982 by their first three-dimensional lithograph, “Ruckus...
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1990s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
HEADS UP D.H.
By Red Grooms
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching and aquatint, 1980, on BFK Rives, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 18/26. Published by Brooke Alexander, with full margins. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...
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1980s Contemporary Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Aquatint, Paper, Etching
Fall of Jericho, Abstract Etching by Red Grooms
By Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
“Fall of Jericho" was commissioned by Vera List, Byrone, Connecticut, for her grandson Joshua Lincoln Mack’s Bar Mitzvah in New York.
It was mailed with the invitation to the guests....
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Etching
You can have a body like mine!
By Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
You Can Have a Body Like Mine!
Red Grooms, American (1937)
Date: 1978
Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 85/150
Image Size: 24 x 17.75 inches
Size: 31 x 25 in. (78...
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Screen
TONTO-CONDO (THREE DIMENSIONAL)
By Red Grooms
Located in Aventura, FL
Tonto-Condo, 1983, published by Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado (Knestrick, 96). Hand signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Three-dimensional color lithographic construction with...
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1980s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph
Stockholm Print, Pop Art Silkscreen by Red Grooms 1973
By Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Red Grooms, American (1937 - )
Title: Stockholm Print, from the New York Collection for Stockholm
Year: 1973
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and nu...
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1970s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Screen
2 a.m., Paris, 1943
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms
2 a.m., Paris, 1943, 1985
Aquatint in 11 colors on Hahnemuhle paper, edition 21 of 50
14 3/8 x 16 in. (36.5 x 40.6 cm)
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1980s Pop Art Red Grooms Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
Museum
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Museum, 1978
Signed and numbered
Lithograph
Sheet: 10 x 23 inches
Frame: 15.25 x 28.75 inches
Edition 38 of 150
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1970s Red Grooms Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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