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ROBERT WHITMAN
Born in New York City 1935. Attended Rutgers University 1953-57; Columbia University
1957-59 as a student of art history. 1959 first one-man show at Hansa Gallery, New York.
1960 production of "The American Moon," with no prepared script, using notes, sketches,
watercolors and captions. Concerned with the evocative power of images. Studied and
exhibited with George Segal. One-man shows include: Hansa Gallery, New York, 1959;
Pace Gallery, New York, 1967; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1968.
Performance pieces include: "Small Cannon," Reuben Gallery, New York, 1960; "Mouth,"
Reuben Gallery, 1961; "Flower," 9 Great Jones Street, New York, 1963; "Night Time Sky,"
81st Street Theater, New York, 1965; "Two Holes of Water No. 2," Film Festival, Lincoln
Center, New York, 1966; "Skirt," midsummer at East Hampton, Long Island, 1967. Some
group exhibitions: "Below Zero," Reuben Gallery, 1959; "New Forms-New Media,"
Martha Jackson Gallery, 1960; "Eleven from the Reuben Gallery," The Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1965. Lives in New York City.167
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Brochure from the exhibition, "Poets of the Cities: New York and San Francisco 1950–65," November 20–December 29, 1974, held at the Dallas Museum of Art.
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