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Jack Youngerman
Nexus

1990

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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:
    Aluminum
  • Movement & Style:
    Abstract
  • Period:
    1980-1989
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Wilton Manors, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2452620192

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