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: June 8, 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

Sale Date: May 24, 2012

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Nervous City Street Scene, 1973

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Nervous City Street Scene, 1973

Sale Date: May 24, 2012

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Moonstruck, 1994

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Moonstruck, 1994

Sale Date: May 20, 2012

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Los aficionados, 1990

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Los aficionados, 1990

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Deli, 2004

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Deli, 2004

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Ruckus tugboat, 2006

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Ruckus tugboat, 2006

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Extra, extra read all about it, 2003

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Extra, extra read all about it, 2003

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Bud on the lanai, 1993

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Bud on the lanai, 1993

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Picasso, 1997

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Picasso, 1997

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Jackson in action, 1997

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Jackson in action, 1997

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Tennessee fox trot carousel, 1997

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Tennessee fox trot carousel, 1997

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Hot dog vendor, 1994

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Hot dog vendor, 1994

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Traffic, 1999

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Traffic, 1999

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Study for Rockefeller Center (on 2 joined..., 1995

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Study for Rockefeller Center (on 2 joined..., 1995

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Little Italy, 1989

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Little Italy, 1989

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Charlie Chaplin, 1986

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Charlie Chaplin, 1986

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Wheeler Opera House, 1984

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Wheeler Opera House, 1984

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Fats Domino, 1984

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Fats Domino, 1984

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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London bus, 1983

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London bus, 1983

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Tonto-condo, 1983

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Tonto-condo, 1983

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Downhiller, 1983

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Downhiller, 1983

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Ruckus taxi, 1982

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Ruckus taxi, 1982

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Truck II, 1979

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Truck II, 1979

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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