Robert Morris

(American, 1931–2018)

Robert Morris was a preeminent American Conceptual artist regarded as one of the early proponents of Minimalism. In one of his best-known series, Morris hung sculpted pieces of dense felt on the wall, the resulting drooping shape, acted as a challenge to painting while offering a new format for sculpture. “There's information and there's the object; there's the sensing of it; there's the thinking that connects to process,” he once explained. “It's on different levels. And I like using those different levels.” Born on February 9, 1931 in Kansas City, MO, he studied sculpture at Hunter College in New York and graduated in 1963. One of his works from this era, Steam (1967), consisted of a cloud of steam continuously rising from a large block of rocks, and is regarded as an early example of Land Art. Also an accomplished writer and theorist, he wrote a seminal essay outlining the basis of Minimalism titled Notes on Sculpture, first published in Artforum in 1966. Morris has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1970 and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1994. The artist died in November 2018 in upstate New York from pneumonia at the age of 87. Today, his works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.

Robert Morris Artworks

Robert Morris (420 results)

Study for Copper Sculpture, 1980

Robert Morris

Study for Copper Sculpture, 1980

Alpha 137 Gallery

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Investigations (with labels from the Solomon , 1990

Robert Morris

Investigations (with labels from the Solomon , 1990

Alpha 137 Gallery

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The Mind/Body Problem (Hand signed and dated), 1995

Robert Morris

The Mind/Body Problem (Hand signed and dated), 1995

Alpha 137 Gallery

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The Castelli-Sonnabend Poster:..., 1974

Robert Morris

The Castelli-Sonnabend Poster:..., 1974

Alpha 137 Gallery

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Scattered Atomic Waste, 1970

Robert Morris

Scattered Atomic Waste, 1970

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Plow and Furrow, 1970

Robert Morris

Plow and Furrow, 1970

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Infantry Archive / To Be Walked on Barefoot

Robert Morris

Infantry Archive / To Be Walked on Barefoot

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A Final Tomb for Frank

Robert Morris

A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash, 1980

Alpha 137 Gallery

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Untitled, 1988

Robert Morris

Untitled, 1988

Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art

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1/2 Mile Concrete Star With Names, 1970

Robert Morris

1/2 Mile Concrete Star With Names, 1970

Crater With Smoke, 1970

Robert Morris

Crater With Smoke, 1970

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Places for the Solitary, 1979

Robert Morris

Places for the Solitary, 1979

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A Final Tomb for Frank 'Jelly' Nash, 1980

Robert Morris

A Final Tomb for Frank 'Jelly' Nash, 1980

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Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure, 1980

Robert Morris

Roller Disco: Cenotaph for a Public Figure, 1980

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Model, from Ten from Leo Castelli (C. M1), 1967

Robert Morris

Model, from Ten from Leo Castelli (C. M1), 1967

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Model (from the Ten from Leo Castelli..., 1967

Robert Morris

Model (from the Ten from Leo Castelli..., 1967

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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The Walled Grounds of Parade and Punishments , 1979

Robert Morris

The Walled Grounds of Parade and Punishments , 1979

Sale Date: April 4, 2024

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Places for the Solitary from In the Realm of , 1979

Robert Morris

Places for the Solitary from In the Realm of , 1979

Sale Date: April 4, 2024

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Permuted Pieces, 1972

Robert Morris

Permuted Pieces, 1972

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Standing, Leaning, Sitting Cabinets (1960,..., 1972

Robert Morris

Standing, Leaning, Sitting Cabinets (1960,..., 1972

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Box with the Sound of Its Own Making, 1972

Robert Morris

Box with the Sound of Its Own Making, 1972

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Copper Chair, 1972

Robert Morris

Copper Chair, 1972

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Untitled, 1983

Robert Morris

Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: March 9, 2024

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Continuous project altered daily, 1969

Robert Morris

Continuous project altered daily, 1969

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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