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 Katz, Jim 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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by Sarah Cascone

Derek Jeter Finally Gets a Win: Red Grooms's Kitschy Home Run Sculpture Will Be Removed From Miami's Marlins Park

New MLB Owner Derek Jeter Is Battling to Tear Down a $2.5 Million Stadium Sculpture—and Losing

by Sarah Cascone

New MLB Owner Derek Jeter Is Battling to Tear Down a $2.5 Million Stadium Sculpture—and Losing

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SAS Flight 912, Stockholm-Copenhagen; Mango..., 1973

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SAS Flight 912, Stockholm-Copenhagen; Mango..., 1973

Sale Date: April 16, 2016

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NINETEENTH CENTURY ARTISTS, 1976

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NINETEENTH CENTURY ARTISTS, 1976

Sale Date: April 16, 2016

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You Can Have a Body Like Mine, 1970–1979

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You Can Have a Body Like Mine, 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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Chuck Berry, 1978

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Chuck Berry, 1978

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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Los Aficionados, 1990

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Los Aficionados, 1990

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Fats Domino, 1984

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Fats Domino, 1984

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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The Saint-Germain Des Pres Crowd At The , 1940–1949

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The Saint-Germain Des Pres Crowd At The , 1940–1949

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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Tango, 1973

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Croissant Crusher

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Croissant Crusher

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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Chuck Berry, 1978

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Chuck Berry, 1978

Sale Date: February 29, 2016

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Masters at the Met, 2002

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Masters at the Met, 2002

Sale Date: March 1, 2016

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De Kooning Breaks Through, 1987

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De Kooning Breaks Through, 1987

Sale Date: March 1, 2016

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Subway, 1986

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Sale Date: March 1, 2016

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No Gas Portfolio (4 works), 1971

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No Gas Portfolio (4 works), 1971

Sale Date: February 11, 2016

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Los Aficionados, 1990

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Los Aficionados, 1990

Sale Date: February 20, 2016

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The Great Transaction (In Two Parts), 1975–1980

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The Great Transaction (In Two Parts), 1975–1980

Sale Date: January 25, 2016

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New York Taxi, 1999

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New York Taxi, 1999

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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You Can Have a Body Like Mine, 1970–1979

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You Can Have a Body Like Mine, 1970–1979

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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Chuck Berry, 1978

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Chuck Berry, 1978

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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Mid-Rat, 1981

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Mid-Rat, 1981

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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Fats Domino, 1984

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Fats Domino, 1984

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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Blewy, 1972

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Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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The Saint-Germain Des Pres Crowd At The, 1940–1949

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The Saint-Germain Des Pres Crowd At The, 1940–1949

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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Croissant Crusher

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Croissant Crusher

Sale Date: January 21, 2016

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