Red Grooms

(American, born 1937)

Red Grooms is an American artist known for his painted-collage sculptures of both fictional and observed scenes. Characterized by his distinctive stylization and humorous portraits of people, Grooms’s works are constructed from illustration board and a hot glue gun, pieced together into a believable physical space. “In the New York works I’ve done I have tried to make it a kind of portraiture thing where I was really trying to get the texture of what I thought I saw, particularly in the neurosis of the population, and present it in context with the props—the mailboxes, fireplugs, any texture of the city,” he has explained. Born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937 in Nashville, TN, he went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, before moving to New York in 1956. There, Grooms befriended and exhibited with artists such as Alex KatzJim Dine, and Claes Oldenburg, gaining recognition for his unique take on Pop Art. In 1986, the award-winning film Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse was released, documenting the artist’s process and personality.  Grooms continues to live and work in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, among others.

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De Kooning Breaks Through, 1987

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De Kooning Breaks Through, 1987

Sale Date: November 15, 2016

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Madison Avenue Discount Store, 1971, 1971

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Madison Avenue Discount Store, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: October 22, 2016

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Moonstruck, 1994

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Moonstruck, 1994

Sale Date: October 21, 2016

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The Boss at Times Square, 1995

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The Boss at Times Square, 1995

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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NEW YORK SWEET, 1995

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NEW YORK SWEET, 1995

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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YOU CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE, 1978

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YOU CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE, 1978

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Provincetown Summer, 1970

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Provincetown Summer, 1970

Sale Date: September 28, 2016

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UNASSEMBLED 3D LITHOGRAPHS, Group of 4..., 1980–1989

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UNASSEMBLED 3D LITHOGRAPHS, Group of 4..., 1980–1989

Sale Date: August 3, 2016

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To the Lighthouse, 1997

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To the Lighthouse, 1997

Sale Date: July 26, 2016

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The Pancake Eater, 1981

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The Pancake Eater, 1981

Sale Date: July 26, 2016

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Discount Store, 1971

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Discount Store, 1971

Sale Date: July 10, 2016

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Canal Street, 1994

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Canal Street, 1994

Sale Date: May 25, 2016

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Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982

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Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982

Sale Date: May 22, 2016

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Museum, 1978

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Museum, 1978

Sale Date: June 5, 2016

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DeKooning Breaks Through, 1987

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DeKooning Breaks Through, 1987

Sale Date: June 5, 2016

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New York Taxi, 1986

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New York Taxi, 1986

Sale Date: May 27, 2016

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Subway, 1986

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Subway, 1986

Sale Date: May 27, 2016

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Derain and Vlaminck Meet During the Train...

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Derain and Vlaminck Meet During the Train...

Sale Date: May 7, 2016

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Taxi Pretzel; No Gas Café (2 works), 1971

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Taxi Pretzel; No Gas Café (2 works), 1971

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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Little Italy, 1989

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Little Italy, 1989

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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Street Scene, 1970

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Street Scene, 1970

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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Filming the African Queen, 2001

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Filming the African Queen, 2001

Sale Date: May 11, 2016

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VENEZIA BIENNALE

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VENEZIA BIENNALE

Sale Date: April 30, 2016

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Sunday Funnies, 1985

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Sunday Funnies, 1985

Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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