Lowell Nesbitt

(American, 1933–1993)

Lowell Nesbitt was an American painter and printmaker best known for his large-scale depictions of flowers. These frontal paintings of irises, lilies, tulips, orchids, and roses, isolated the flower from space, pressing them against a monochromatic or patterned background. Though grouped into the Photorealist movement, Nesbitt’s stylization of objects was more akin to the works of Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol, and James Rosenquist. Born on October 4, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, he studied at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 1958, the Baltimore Museum of Art hosted his first solo show. By 1962, the artist who had mostly worked with abstraction began introducing subject matter to his paintings, including piles of shoes, dogs, empty studios, and building facades. Moving to a massive studio space in Manhattan in 1976, Nesbitt began producing works up to 30 feet long. In 1989, the artist who had promised to gift the Corcoran Gallery of Art $1.5 million after his death, renounced his bequest after the museum infamously cancelled his friend Robert Mapplethorpe’s solo exhibition. Nesbitt later gave the $1.5 million endowment to the Phillips Collection. The artist died on July 8, 1993 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Detroit Institute of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.

Lowell Nesbitt Artworks

Lowell Nesbitt (1,270 results)

Waterlilies, 1982

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Waterlilies, 1982

Sale Date: November 11, 2007

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Untitled, bearded irises (+ 2 others; set of , 1981

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Untitled, bearded irises (+ 2 others; set of , 1981

Sale Date: October 13, 2007

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Red Poppies, 1975

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Red Poppies, 1975

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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Tulipaner, 1978

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Tulipaner, 1978

Sale Date: June 6, 2007

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White parrot tulip on green, 1981

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White parrot tulip on green, 1981

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Red poppies, 1975

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Red poppies, 1975

Sale Date: March 25, 2007

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Dahlia, 1965

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Sale Date: March 7, 2007

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Dahlia, 1965

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Sale Date: March 7, 2007

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Moon 69 (set of 8), 1969

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Moon 69 (set of 8), 1969

Sale Date: February 9, 2007

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New Hampshire room, 1966

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New Hampshire room, 1966

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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10 lemons, 1978

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10 lemons, 1978

Sale Date: December 12, 2006

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Violet rose, 1979

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Violet rose, 1979

Sale Date: December 12, 2006

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Morning glories, 1978

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Morning glories, 1978

Sale Date: November 12, 2006

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Ten flowers on blue, 1979

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Ten flowers on blue, 1979

Sale Date: November 5, 2006

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Grey rose, 1965

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Grey rose, 1965

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Red poppies, 1975

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Red poppies, 1975

Sale Date: October 30, 2006

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Iris (+ Tulip, smllr, AP 4/30; 2 works), 1978

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Iris (+ Tulip, smllr, AP 4/30; 2 works), 1978

Sale Date: October 3, 2006

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Blossom (+ another, 68/200; 2 works), 1980

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Blossom (+ another, 68/200; 2 works), 1980

Sale Date: September 17, 2006

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Lunar Module (from Cape Kennedy series), 1969

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Lunar Module (from Cape Kennedy series), 1969

Sale Date: September 16, 2006

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Studio '68

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Sale Date: September 16, 2006

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Floral (4 works, various sizes), 1974–1988

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Floral (4 works, various sizes), 1974–1988

Sale Date: September 27, 2006

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Iris on brown, 1968

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Iris on brown, 1968

Sale Date: July 11, 2006

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Weiße Rose, 1983

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Weiße Rose, 1983

Sale Date: May 31, 2006

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Red poppies

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Sale Date: May 30, 2006

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