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Robert Whitman

Robert Whitman

American, 1935–2024

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Robert Whitman was an American artist best known for his seminal theater pieces of the early 1960s combining visual and sound images, actors, film, slides, and evocative props in environments of his own making. From the late 1960s on he worked with new technologies, and his latest work incorporated cellphones.

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Works in Collection

13 works
Art Cash

Art Cash

Tom Gormley

1971

Garbage Bag

Garbage Bag

Robert Whitman

c. 1962

Hole (Poster published in conjunction with a happening / theatrical performance)

Hole (Poster published in conjunction with a happening / ...

Robert Whitman

1963

Homemade

Homemade

Robert Whitman

1966

Sounds for 4 Cinema Pieces

Sounds for 4 Cinema Pieces

Robert Whitman

1968

Study for Stairs

Study for Stairs

Robert Whitman

1973

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: Th...

George Brecht

1962–64, published 1964

The New York Collection for Stockholm

The New York Collection for Stockholm

Lee Bontecou

1973

Untitled

Untitled

Robert Whitman

1973

Untitled

Untitled

Robert Whitman

(1964)

Untitled

Untitled

Robert Whitman

1974

Untitled (plate 20) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

Untitled (plate 20) from The International Anthology of C...

Robert Whitman

1964

Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

Robert Whitman

1973

Exhibitions

3 exhibitions

Jan 25, 1968 – Mar 10, 1968

Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

197 artists · 1 curator

Apr 16, 1973 – May 23, 1973

Projects: Robert Whitman

1 artist · 1 curator

Sep 25, 1974 – Oct 20, 1974

Works from Change, Inc.

18 artists