Dorothea Rockburne

(Canadian, born 1932)

Dorothea Rockburne is an American artist whose works merge aspects of geometry, nature, and Egyptology. Employing a range of media, Rockburne arranges her materials using a logic based in both mathematics and symbology. “Even though it has an intellectual basis and mathematical structure, my work comes from a deep emotional source within me,” she explained. Born on October 18, 1932 in Montreal, Canada, she trained as a painter before attending Black Mountain College in North Carolina during the early 1950s. While at the college, Rockburne studied under Merce Cunningham, the mathematician Max Dehn, and John Cage. Relocating to New York, she worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art cataloging the Egyptian Antiquities collection, and as Robert Rauschenberg’s studio manager. By the 1970s, Rockburne was producing works which addressed the physical properties of an artistic medium. This culminated in her project Drawing Which Makes Itself (1972–1973), in where she tested the boundaries of what elements compose a drawing. The artist continues to live and work in New York, NY. Today, her works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.

Dorothea Rockburne Artworks

Dorothea Rockburne (151 results)

Untitled (Draft of a frontispiece for..., 1983

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Untitled (Draft of a frontispiece for..., 1983

Sale Date: May 6, 2017

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Conservation Drawing, 1973, 1973

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Conservation Drawing, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: November 5, 2016

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Shadowed Perimeter, 2008

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Shadowed Perimeter, 2008

Sale Date: November 15, 2016

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Golden Section #8, 1975

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Golden Section #8, 1975

Sale Date: October 26, 2016

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‘Uriel’, 1980–1983

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‘Uriel’, 1980–1983

Sale Date: June 10, 2016

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‘Divine Ray’, 1980–1983

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‘Divine Ray’, 1980–1983

Sale Date: June 10, 2016

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Reinventing the Elements: copper, Egyptian..., 2001

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Reinventing the Elements: copper, Egyptian..., 2001

Sale Date: June 15, 2016

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RADIANCE, 1982

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RADIANCE, 1982

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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DIVINE RAY, 1982

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DIVINE RAY, 1982

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Mozart And Mozart Upsidedown And Backward,..., 1993

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Mozart And Mozart Upsidedown And Backward,..., 1993

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Reinventing the Elements: Copper, Egyptian..., 2001

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Reinventing the Elements: Copper, Egyptian..., 2001

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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Devine Ray, 1982

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Devine Ray, 1982

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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Radiance, 1982

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Radiance, 1982

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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Plates #1 and #5 from 'Locus series', 1972

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Plates #1 and #5 from 'Locus series', 1972

Sale Date: November 2, 2014

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Radiance, 1982

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Radiance, 1982

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Long Drawing, Narcissus, 1982–1985

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Long Drawing, Narcissus, 1982–1985

Sale Date: November 12, 2013

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Parallelogram with two small squares (from..., 1978

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Parallelogram with two small squares (from..., 1978

Sale Date: May 22, 2013

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Ineinaneder Group, 1971

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Ineinaneder Group, 1971

Sale Date: May 8, 2013

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Melancolia

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Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Devine Ray

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Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Untitled, 1984

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Untitled, 1984

Sale Date: September 21, 2012

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Untitled, 1972

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Untitled, 1972

Sale Date: July 16, 2012

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Trumpeting angel (first study), 1981

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Trumpeting angel (first study), 1981

Sale Date: December 22, 2011

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Senza titolo, 1973

Dorothea Rockburne

Senza titolo, 1973

Sale Date: December 17, 2011

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