Robert Longo

(American, born 1953)

Robert Longo is an American artist best known for his photorealistic drawings of jumping figures, sharks, tigers, and guns. Drawn with great detail in charcoal, graphite, and ink, his monochrome series Men in the City renders businessmen and women in a state of suspended animation, and brought the artist critical acclaim in the early 1980s. Born on January 7, 1953 in Brooklyn, NY, Longo studied sculpture with Cindy Sherman at the State University College in Buffalo, NY, where he received his BFA in 1975. “I always think that drawing is a sculptural process,” Longo has explained. “I always feel like I'm carving the image out rather than painting the image. I'm carving it out with erasers and tools like that.” He has gone on to have his work shown at the 1983 and 2004 Whitney Biennials in New York and the 47th Venice Biennale. Longo currently lives and works in New York, NY. The artist’s works are held in the collections of the Albertina in Vienna, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, among others.

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Galleries

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Untitled (After Delacroix, A Young Tiger..., 2012

Robert Longo

Untitled (After Delacroix, A Young Tiger..., 2012

Sale Date: July 2, 2020

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Fairmount Forest, 2014

Robert Longo

Fairmount Forest, 2014

Sale Date: July 17, 2020

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Ohne Titel (In the Garden, et in arcadia ego), 2009

Robert Longo

Ohne Titel (In the Garden, et in arcadia ego), 2009

Sale Date: July 17, 2020

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Untitled (Capitol Detail), 2017

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Untitled (Capitol Detail), 2017

Sale Date: June 24, 2020

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Freud’s desk and chair, from: The Freud Cycle, 2004

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Freud’s desk and chair, from: The Freud Cycle, 2004

Sale Date: July 16, 2020

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Untitled III (from Men in the Cities), 1990

Robert Longo

Untitled III (from Men in the Cities), 1990

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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In the Garden, Et in Arcadia Ego, 2014

Robert Longo

In the Garden, Et in Arcadia Ego, 2014

Sale Date: July 10, 2020

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Three Strikes and You're Out., 1990

Robert Longo

Three Strikes and You're Out., 1990

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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Untitled (The Box), 2005

Robert Longo

Untitled (The Box), 2005

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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Untitled (Angel’s Wing), 2014

Robert Longo

Untitled (Angel’s Wing), 2014

Sale Date: June 25, 2020

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Essentials, 2009

Robert Longo

Essentials, 2009

Sale Date: June 17, 2020

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Untitled (Rippling Water), 2016, 2016

Robert Longo

Untitled (Rippling Water), 2016, 2016

Sale Date: June 5, 2020

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Untitled (Angel's Wing) (small version), 2013, 2013

Robert Longo

Untitled (Angel's Wing) (small version), 2013, 2013

Sale Date: June 5, 2020

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Untitled (Parzival), 2015, 2015

Robert Longo

Untitled (Parzival), 2015, 2015

Sale Date: June 5, 2020

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GABRIEL’S WING, 2016

Robert Longo

GABRIEL’S WING, 2016

Sale Date: May 18, 2020

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Men in the Cities: Raphael and Barbara, 1998

Robert Longo

Men in the Cities: Raphael and Barbara, 1998

Sale Date: May 21, 2020

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Untitled (Shark), 2010

Robert Longo

Untitled (Shark), 2010

Sale Date: May 14, 2020

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Untitled II (from Men in the Cities), 1990

Robert Longo

Untitled II (from Men in the Cities), 1990

Sale Date: May 14, 2020

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UNTITLED (TREE), 2018

Robert Longo

UNTITLED (TREE), 2018

Sale Date: April 28, 2020

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Set of Three Skatedecks, 2011

Robert Longo

Set of Three Skatedecks, 2011

Sale Date: May 6, 2020

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Body of a Comic (Clown Bank), 1989

Robert Longo

Body of a Comic (Clown Bank), 1989

Sale Date: April 16, 2020

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Meryl and Jonathan from the series

Robert Longo

Meryl and Jonathan from the series "Men in..., 1988

Sale Date: April 17, 2020

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STUDY FOR VANESSA IN A BURKA, 2010

Robert Longo

STUDY FOR VANESSA IN A BURKA, 2010

Sale Date: April 21, 2020

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STUDY FOR COLD HEAVEN, 1983

Robert Longo

STUDY FOR COLD HEAVEN, 1983

Sale Date: April 21, 2020

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