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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Elvis, 1987

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Elvis, 1987

Sale Date: November 5, 2012

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Dixie's and Bronco Buster (2 works), 1994

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Dixie's and Bronco Buster (2 works), 1994

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South Sea sonata, 1992

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South Sea sonata, 1992

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Los aficionados, 1990

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Los aficionados, 1990

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Taxi to the terminal and Bud on the Lanai (2 , 1993

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Taxi to the terminal and Bud on the Lanai (2 , 1993

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Walker Street studio, first version, 1984

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Walker Street studio, first version, 1984

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Indian and pickup truck, 1978

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Indian and pickup truck, 1978

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Noa noa, 1991

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Noa noa, 1991

Sale Date: October 10, 2012

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Pollack's Model A, 1998, 1998

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Pollack's Model A, 1998, 1998

Sale Date: October 10, 2012

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Mango, Mango, 1973

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Mango, Mango, 1973

Sale Date: October 13, 2012

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No Gas: Aarrrrhh, 1971

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No Gas: Aarrrrhh, 1971

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Wheeler house, Opera House, three dimensional, 1984

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Wheeler house, Opera House, three dimensional, 1984

Sale Date: September 15, 2012

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Rukus Taxi (4 works), 1986

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Rukus Taxi (4 works), 1986

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Death of Marat, 1980

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Death of Marat, 1980

Sale Date: September 7, 2012

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Nassau Museum Catalog, 1988

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Nassau Museum Catalog, 1988

Sale Date: August 23, 2012

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Subway, 1986

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Subway, 1986

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Dali Salad II, 1980

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Dali Salad II, 1980

Sale Date: July 25, 2012

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Ruckus Taxi, 1986

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Ruckus Taxi, 1986

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Taxi Pretzel, From the No Gas Series, 1971

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Taxi Pretzel, From the No Gas Series, 1971

Sale Date: June 10, 2012

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You Can Have a Body Like Mine, 1978

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You Can Have a Body Like Mine, 1978

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Chuck Berry, 1978

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Chuck Berry, 1978

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Street Scene, 1975

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Street Scene, 1975

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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Hot Dog Vendor, 1994

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Hot Dog Vendor, 1994

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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Subway (from New York, New York), 1983

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Subway (from New York, New York), 1983

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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