Nancy Graves Art

Nancy Graves 5745, for the Jewish Museum, 1984 Silkscreen on paper Signed, numbered 5/90 and dated in graphite pencil on the front; bears publishers' blind stamp front left corner 3...

Hand signed, dated and inscribed Polaroid photograph of Nancy Graves, dated September 24, 1980, depicting the artist with her iconic sculpture Shaman. Provenance: Collection of Jim W...

Signed, titled and dated verso 1980 (11–’80) "RBY" oil on canvas Provenance: Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida 1985; Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA ...

Here's something nobody you know has - and good luck finding another hand signed by the artist anywhere else in the world. These iconic works were exhibited in the widely publicized ...

Nancy Graves New York State Governor's Arts Award, 1988 Bronze, polychrome patina and baked enamel on base with Award plaque 10 1/4 × 7 × 10 1/4 inches Hand signed and dated with inc...

Nancy Graves Calibrate, 1981 16 color etching, aquatint, engraving and lithograph. Printed from 5 copper plates, 1 zinc plate and 1 stone Hand signed, numbered 12/30 dated on the fro...

Nancy Graves, American (1939-1995) Borborygmi (1988) aquatint, drypoint, gold leaf and screenprint on Fabriano Artistico paper pencil hand signed by artist lower right, numbered 4/50 (there were also 6 Artist Proofs of this edition) plate: 49.5 x 49.5 inches Publisher: 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome Nancy Graves (December 23, 1939 – October 21, 1995) was an American woman sculptor, painter, printmaker, and sometime-filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the moon. Her works are included in many public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg). When Graves was just 29, she was given a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At the time she was the youngest artist, and fifth woman to achieve this honor. Graves was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her interest in art, nature, and anthropology was fostered by her father, an accountant at a local museum. After graduating from Vassar College in English Literature, Graves attended Yale University, where she received her bachelor's and master's degrees. Fellow Yale Art and Architecture alumni of the 1960s include the painters, photographers, and sculptors Brice Marden, Richard Serra, Chuck Close, Janet Fish, Gary Hudson...

This edition was commissioned in 1980 by Lincoln Center to commemorate its 10th Annual Community Festival. The signed and numbered edition is 144 was printed at Fine Creations. Born in 1940 (Pittsfield, MA), Nancy Graves explored the interplay between the replication of nature and the formal values of abstract art in her wide variety of works throughout her life. Thought she first gained attention with her realistic, life-sized camel sculptures, she was later inspired to draw, paint and print by visual representations of natural phenomena, like weather and moon maps...

To Be Little Consciousness is an original contemporary artwork realied by Nancy Graves in 1991. Mixed colored aquatint and soft varnish. Hand signed an...

Artist: Nancy Graves (American, 1939-1995) Title: "Rope Trap" *Titled, signed, and dated by Graves (inscribed into the metal) on red cylinder lower right Year: 1985 Medium: Original ...

This vibrant painting exemplifies Nancy Graves' innovative early-1980s abstract style, characterized by dynamic layering, energetic forms, and vivid Fauvist-inspired colors. Graves m...

Signed and numbered in pencil with studio blindstamp Color screenprint on Arches Cover paper 29.75 x 35.5 inches

Signed, titled and dated verso 1980 (11–’80) Provenance: Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida 1985; Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA Exhibitions: M. Kno...

Borborygmi, 1988 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in lower margin Aquatint with colors 49 x 49 inches