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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It's a Bus! VIPs Are Raving About Red Grooms's Monumental Sculpture at Frieze New York

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It's a Bus! VIPs Are Raving About Red Grooms's Monumental Sculpture at Frieze New York

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

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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Extra! Extra! Read all about it!, 2003

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Extra! Extra! Read all about it!, 2003

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Los Aficionados, 1990

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Los Aficionados, 1990

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Fran Tarkenton, 1979

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Fran Tarkenton, 1979

Sale Date: July 26, 2023

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Tortola, 1981

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Tortola, 1981

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Mountain Time, 1981

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Mountain Time, 1981

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Center Street & Mott Street I, 1988

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Center Street & Mott Street I, 1988

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TRAFFIC!, 11-08-99, 1999

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TRAFFIC!, 11-08-99, 1999

Sale Date: July 16, 2023

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Café Tabou; Lysiane and Red's Wedding..., 1985–1992

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Café Tabou; Lysiane and Red's Wedding..., 1985–1992

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Mimi Goes to the Motel Pool, 1971

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Mimi Goes to the Motel Pool, 1971

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Taxi Pretzel, from No Gas, 1971

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Taxi Pretzel, from No Gas, 1971

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Exhibition Poster, from The Human Comedy:..., 2003

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Exhibition Poster, from The Human Comedy:..., 2003

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Abstrakes Bild (Gerhard Richter), 2012, 2012

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Abstrakes Bild (Gerhard Richter), 2012, 2012

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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The Man Behind the Paint (Paul Cezanne), 2012, 2012

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The Man Behind the Paint (Paul Cezanne), 2012, 2012

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Heart Quilt, 1990

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Heart Quilt, 1990

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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Lincoln Center, 1999

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Lincoln Center, 1999

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Jacques d'Amboise Hiking in

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Jacques d'Amboise Hiking in "NDI" Sweater

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Theater Scene: Four Prints, 1999

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Theater Scene: Four Prints, 1999

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We Real Cool, Study for a Backdrop, 2009

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We Real Cool, Study for a Backdrop, 2009

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Jacques in Hell, 2015

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Jacques in Hell, 2015

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World Trade Center I; World Trade Center II;...

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World Trade Center I; World Trade Center II;...

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Corner of Canal, 1993

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Corner of Canal, 1993

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De Kooning Breaks Through., 1987

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De Kooning Breaks Through., 1987

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Tonto—Condo., 1983

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Tonto—Condo., 1983

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Hot Dog Vendor, 1994

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Hot Dog Vendor, 1994

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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