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Wall sculpture by Red Grooms depicting the New York bookstore The Strand

The Strand, 2015-2017
acrylic, ink, mixed media and epoxy mounted on wood
73 1/3 x 118 1/2 x 9 in. / 186.3 x 301 x 22.9 cm

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Work on paper depicting a wolf and woman in a red cape walking on the street

Lil' Red on Broome Street, 2014
charcoal, acrylic and crayon on paper
33 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. / 85.7 x 90.2 cm
framed: 38 x 39 1/2 x 2 in. / 96.5 x 100.3 x 5.1 cm

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A Red Grooms style portrait of a man with blue hair eating a bagel.

Bagels and Cream Cheese, 2011   
acrylic on board 
60 x 40 x 2 in. / 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm
framed: 65 x 45 x 4 in. / 165.1 x 114.3 x 10.2 cm

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Work depicting a disproportionately-scaled tall blonde woman and short man standing on the street in New York

Mr. Bones, 2011
tempera and acrylic construction mounted on board
60 x 40 x 3 in. / 152.4 x 101.6 x 7.6 cm
framed: 65 x 45 x 4 in. / 165.4 x 114.3 x 10.2 cm

 

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Painting of a man at a counter eating eggs and bacon while a waitress stands behind the counter

Eggs over Midnight, 2007
oil on canvas
14 x 14 in. / 35.6 x 35.6 cm
framed: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 2 in. / 39.4 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm

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Painting of a woman in a fur coat giving money to a man sitting down behind a desk

The Client, 2007
oil on canvas
14 x 14 in. / 35.6 x 35.6 cm
framed: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 2 in. / 39.4 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm

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An artwork by Red Grooms depicting exaggerated depictions of customers eating sandwiches at a deli.

Deli, 2003   
ink and crayon on paper 
22 1/2 x 30 in. / 57.2 x 76.2 cm
framed: 27 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. / 69.9 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm

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Sculpture of the restaurant Sun Say Kai Restaurant by Red Grooms

The Duck House, 1994
mixed media construction
56 1/2 x 58 1/2 x 28 in. / 143.5 x 148.6 x 71.1 cm

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A Red Grooms sculpture depicting a man walking his two dogs with plaid overcoats.

Walking the Dogs, 1981   
painted canvas, papier-mache and metal chain on wood support 
36 x 25 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. / 91.4 x 64.1 x 52.7 cm

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Wall sculpture by Red Grooms depicting the New York bookstore The Strand

The Strand, 2015-2017
acrylic, ink, mixed media and epoxy mounted on wood
73 1/3 x 118 1/2 x 9 in. / 186.3 x 301 x 22.9 cm

Work on paper depicting a wolf and woman in a red cape walking on the street

Lil' Red on Broome Street, 2014
charcoal, acrylic and crayon on paper
33 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. / 85.7 x 90.2 cm
framed: 38 x 39 1/2 x 2 in. / 96.5 x 100.3 x 5.1 cm

A Red Grooms style portrait of a man with blue hair eating a bagel.

Bagels and Cream Cheese, 2011   
acrylic on board 
60 x 40 x 2 in. / 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm
framed: 65 x 45 x 4 in. / 165.1 x 114.3 x 10.2 cm

Work depicting a disproportionately-scaled tall blonde woman and short man standing on the street in New York

Mr. Bones, 2011
tempera and acrylic construction mounted on board
60 x 40 x 3 in. / 152.4 x 101.6 x 7.6 cm
framed: 65 x 45 x 4 in. / 165.4 x 114.3 x 10.2 cm

 

Painting of a man at a counter eating eggs and bacon while a waitress stands behind the counter

Eggs over Midnight, 2007
oil on canvas
14 x 14 in. / 35.6 x 35.6 cm
framed: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 2 in. / 39.4 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm

Painting of a woman in a fur coat giving money to a man sitting down behind a desk

The Client, 2007
oil on canvas
14 x 14 in. / 35.6 x 35.6 cm
framed: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 2 in. / 39.4 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm

An artwork by Red Grooms depicting exaggerated depictions of customers eating sandwiches at a deli.

Deli, 2003   
ink and crayon on paper 
22 1/2 x 30 in. / 57.2 x 76.2 cm
framed: 27 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. / 69.9 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm

Sculpture of the restaurant Sun Say Kai Restaurant by Red Grooms

The Duck House, 1994
mixed media construction
56 1/2 x 58 1/2 x 28 in. / 143.5 x 148.6 x 71.1 cm

A Red Grooms sculpture depicting a man walking his two dogs with plaid overcoats.

Walking the Dogs, 1981   
painted canvas, papier-mache and metal chain on wood support 
36 x 25 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. / 91.4 x 64.1 x 52.7 cm

Red Grooms - Artists - Marlborough New York

Red Grooms, Rudy Burckhardt, 1981. © 2021 Estate of Rudy Burckhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

About

Red Grooms was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1937 and has lived in New York for the past 60 years. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The New School in New York City, and at Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The artist’s work has been exhibited widely since the 1960s. Since Ruckus Manhattan, his widely acclaimed exhibition at Marlborough Gallery in 1976, Grooms has staked his claim as one of America’s most original, inventive, and popular artists. He has been honored with several important exhibitions including the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Tennessee in 2016; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut and Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont in 2013; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York in 2008; the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York in 2003; National Academy of Design, New York, New York in 2001; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York in 1987; and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1985. Grooms has received numerous awards and commissions throughout his career, including the he National Academy of Design’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.

Grooms’s work can be found in over forty public institutions, including: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.

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