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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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

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

Red Grooms Artworks

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Mr. Chuck Berry, 1978

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Mr. Chuck Berry, 1978

Sale Date: April 27, 2024

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Discount Store, 1971

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Discount Store, 1971

Sale Date: April 27, 2024

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Corner of Canal, 1993

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Corner of Canal, 1993

Sale Date: April 29, 2024

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The Existentialist (Portrait of Giacometti), 1984

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The Existentialist (Portrait of Giacometti), 1984

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Red Grooms, 1995

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Red Grooms, 1995

Sale Date: April 11, 2024

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Red Grooms, No Gas Portfolio, 1971, 1971

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Red Grooms, No Gas Portfolio, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: April 11, 2024

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Truck, 1979

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Sale Date: April 8, 2024

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Tattoo Artist, 1981

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Tattoo Artist, 1981

Sale Date: April 8, 2024

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Aspen Opera House Poster, 1984

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Aspen Opera House Poster, 1984

Sale Date: March 23, 2024

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Jasper & 3 Flags, 1980

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Jasper & 3 Flags, 1980

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Spaghetti Eater, 1971

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Spaghetti Eater, 1971

Sale Date: March 20, 2024

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Face, 1958

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Sale Date: March 6, 2024

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Max Beckmann in Amsterdam, 1997

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Max Beckmann in Amsterdam, 1997

Sale Date: February 17, 2024

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Subway Riders, 1983

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Subway Riders, 1983

Sale Date: February 21, 2024

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Mr. Chuck Berry, 1978

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Mr. Chuck Berry, 1978

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Truck, 1979

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Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Red Bud Diner, 1994

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Red Bud Diner, 1994

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Coney Island, 1978

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Coney Island, 1978

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Red's Roxy, 1985

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Red's Roxy, 1985

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Untitled (Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein), 1980

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Untitled (Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein), 1980

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1982

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Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1982

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Tonto Condo, 1983

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Tonto Condo, 1983

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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No Gas, 1971

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Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Sunday Funnies, 1985

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Sunday Funnies, 1985

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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