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)

After C. S. Peirce After E. A. Poe, 1999

Robert Morris

After C. S. Peirce After E. A. Poe, 1999

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Vetti V, 1983

Robert Morris

Vetti V, 1983

Sale Date: May 10, 2012

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Golden Memories, 1963–1976

Robert Morris

Golden Memories, 1963–1976

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Inmate work project: Perpetual construction..., 1979

Robert Morris

Inmate work project: Perpetual construction..., 1979

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Stockade, 1979

Robert Morris

Stockade, 1979

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Roller disco: cenotaph for a public figure, 1980

Robert Morris

Roller disco: cenotaph for a public figure, 1980

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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A final tomb for Frank

Robert Morris

A final tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash, 1980

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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Labyrinth, 1974

Robert Morris

Labyrinth, 1974

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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Stockade, 1979

Robert Morris

Stockade, 1979

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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Untitled (Denver sculpture symposium), 1968

Robert Morris

Untitled (Denver sculpture symposium), 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2011

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Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Robert Morris

Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Sale Date: June 2, 2011

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Untitled (Ten from Castelli) (from Ten from..., 1967

Robert Morris

Untitled (Ten from Castelli) (from Ten from..., 1967

Sale Date: June 9, 2011

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Medio/mean bilanciato/blanced..., 1973

Robert Morris

Medio/mean bilanciato/blanced..., 1973

Sale Date: May 24, 2011

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Untitled, 1968

Robert Morris

Untitled, 1968

Sale Date: May 12, 2011

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Untitled - Brown felt piece (in 2 parts), 1983–1984

Robert Morris

Untitled - Brown felt piece (in 2 parts), 1983–1984

Sale Date: May 12, 2011

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Roller disco: Cenotaph for a public figure, 1980

Robert Morris

Roller disco: Cenotaph for a public figure, 1980

Sale Date: April 28, 2011

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Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Robert Morris

Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Sale Date: January 13, 2009

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Towers of silence, 1979

Robert Morris

Towers of silence, 1979

Sale Date: February 16, 2009

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A final tomb for Frank Jelly Nash, 1980

Robert Morris

A final tomb for Frank Jelly Nash, 1980

Sale Date: February 16, 2009

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Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Robert Morris

Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Roller disco: Cenotaph for a public figure, 1980

Robert Morris

Roller disco: Cenotaph for a public figure, 1980

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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A final tomb for frank jelly Nash, 1980

Robert Morris

A final tomb for frank jelly Nash, 1980

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Robert Morris

Seperate walkways: The warders above, the..., 1979

Sale Date: April 22, 2010

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Stockade, 1979

Robert Morris

Stockade, 1979

Sale Date: April 22, 2010

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