Nancy Graves

(American, 1939–1995)

Nancy Graves was an American artist, best known for her abstract paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations. Her work focused on exploring natural systems and environments, veiled by an aesthetic layer of ambiguity and colorful composition. “She sensed she was making art in the ‘information age,’” the director of the present-day Nancy Graves foundation, Christina Hunter, has said of her work. “And people like Julie Mehretu have looked very closely at her work.” Born on December 23, 1939 in Pittsfield, MA, Graves graduated from Vassar College before earning her BFA and MFA at Yale University, where she befriended fellow prominent artists such as Brice Marden, Janet Fish, and Richard Serra, whom she would go on to marry in 1965. Graves was celebrated as an influential figure in Post-Minimalist art, and in 1969 was the youngest person to ever have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art at the age of 29. She was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, such as a 1964 Fulbright Scholarship and the Skowhegan Medal for Drawing/Graphics in 1980. The artist died following a diagnosis of ovarian cancer in New York, NY on October 21, 1995 at the age of 55.

Nancy Graves Artworks

Nancy Graves (395 results)

75 X 75 (+ Six frogs; 2 works from Simca), 1984

Nancy Graves

75 X 75 (+ Six frogs; 2 works from Simca), 1984

Sale Date: July 31, 2008

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Untitled - XII/27/92 (from Pilchuck Series), 1992

Nancy Graves

Untitled - XII/27/92 (from Pilchuck Series), 1992

Sale Date: June 29, 2008

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Circ, 1981

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: May 20, 2008

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Annulate, 1988

Nancy Graves

Annulate, 1988

Sale Date: April 29, 2008

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Ohne Titel (Lincoln Center, 10th Annual..., 1980

Nancy Graves

Ohne Titel (Lincoln Center, 10th Annual..., 1980

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Mappe Rossi (from Black Ground Series), 1985

Nancy Graves

Mappe Rossi (from Black Ground Series), 1985

Sale Date: February 8, 2008

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Slaying the dragon, 1990

Nancy Graves

Slaying the dragon, 1990

Sale Date: January 14, 2008

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Nefertiti, 1980

Nancy Graves

Nefertiti, 1980

Sale Date: November 19, 2007

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Etruria, 1982

Nancy Graves

Etruria, 1982

Sale Date: September 12, 2007

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Apropros anthropos, 1986

Nancy Graves

Apropros anthropos, 1986

Sale Date: September 12, 2007

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Variability of inexplicable order, 1977

Nancy Graves

Variability of inexplicable order, 1977

Sale Date: September 12, 2007

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Untitled, 1984

Nancy Graves

Untitled, 1984

Sale Date: June 21, 2007

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Archaeo

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: June 13, 2007

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Vertilance (Pendula series), 1985

Nancy Graves

Vertilance (Pendula series), 1985

Sale Date: February 26, 2007

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Meiko, 1978

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: February 26, 2007

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Clash of cultures (+ Borboroygmi; 2 works), 1988

Nancy Graves

Clash of cultures (+ Borboroygmi; 2 works), 1988

Sale Date: February 9, 2007

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Untitled, 1984

Nancy Graves

Untitled, 1984

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Coptic

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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Archaeo, 1982

Nancy Graves

Archaeo, 1982

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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Calibrate, 1981

Nancy Graves

Calibrate, 1981

Sale Date: September 27, 2006

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"XILL", 1983

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: June 18, 2006

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Radix, 1987

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: May 21, 2006

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Obvert, 1978

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: March 15, 2006

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Usive, 1979

Nancy Graves

Sale Date: January 10, 2006

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