Robert Crumb

(American, born 1943)

sauve by robert crumb

Robert Crumb

Sauve, 1996

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shape up! by robert crumb

Robert Crumb

Shape Up!, 1982

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untitled, 2014 (page from "art & beauty magazine, number 3," 2016) by robert crumb

Robert Crumb

Untitled, 2014 (Page from "Art & Beauty Magazine, Number 3," 2016)

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illustration for jugheads by robert crumb

Robert Crumb

Illustration for Jugheads, 2013

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charlie poole by robert crumb

Robert Crumb

Charlie Poole, 2004

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Robert Crumb

Halt the Dechets Ultimes, 2000

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Biography

Timeline

1943
Born August 30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1962
Accepted a job drawing greeting cards for American Greetings Corporation in Cleveland
1967
After living temporarily in New York and Chicago, he moved to San Francisco and launched Zap Comix
1969
A strip in Zap #4, "Joe Blow," caused several comic stores to be busted on obscenity charges
1972
Formed the first version of the Cheap Suit Serenaders

Exhibitions

2017
Robert Crumb Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Aline Kominsky-Crumb & R. Crumb: Drawn Together, David Zwirner, New York
2016
Robert Crumb Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
R. Crumb: Art & Beauty, David Zwirner, London (solo exhibition)
Aline und Robert Crumb - Drawn Together, Cartoonmuseum Basel [catalogue]
Blue Line, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Canada
, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle
Desire, The Moore Building, Miami Design District
Figure/Ground, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
Graphic Matters: Dürer, Rembrandt, Hogarth, Goya, Picasso, R. Crumb, Seattle Art Museum
2015
Robert Crumb Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
The Written Trace, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2014
Robert Crumb Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York [catalogue]
Mauvais genre, Addict Galerie, Paris
Save Yourself!, Hannah Barry, London
SHE: Picturing women at the turn of the 21st century, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
This is our Music. This is our Art - Music by Artists/Art by Musicians, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen
1990
Museum of Modern Art in New York

Public Collections

Brooklyn Museum, New York
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles
Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan, France
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The Museum of Modern Art, New York