Barry Le Va

American · 1941–2021 · Painter, Printmaker

Barry Edward Le Va was an American sculptor and installation artist. Trained in his native California, he lived and worked in New York City. Le Va was among the leading figures… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Barry Le Va, Three works: (i) Double Drawing; (ii) Untitled (feld & glas); (iii) Sheets to Strips to Particles, 1969, (i-ii) ink and graphite on paper (iii) ink and charcoal on paperThree works: (i) Double Drawing; (ii) Untitled (feld & glas); (iii) Sheets to Strips to ParticlesPhillips · $22,500≈ £16,897≈ €19,761Sign up to see
  2. Barry Le Va, Two works: (i) Maroon Felt; (ii) Untitled, 1968, (i) ink, charcoal, tape and paper collage on paper (ii) ink, crayon and felt tip pen on paperTwo works: (i) Maroon Felt; (ii) UntitledPhillips · $13,750≈ £10,326≈ €12,076Sign up to see
  3. Barry Le Va, Three works: (i) Particles; (ii) Corner Sections (Separately Projected); (iii) Partition Sections (3 Perspectives), 1968, (i) ink on paper (ii) pencil, ink, tape and collage on graph paper (iii) ink, pencil and printed paper collage on cardThree works: (i) Particles; (ii) Corner Sections (Separately Projected); (iii) Partition Sections (3 Perspectives)Phillips · $12,500≈ £9,387≈ €10,978Sign up to see

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Barry Edward Le Va was an American sculptor and installation artist. Trained in his native California, he lived and worked in New York City. Le Va was among the leading figures of post-studio and process art to have emerged in the late 1960s. His abstract sculptures, installations, drawings, and editioned works are featured in major art collections around the world.

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Born 1941, Long BeachDied 2021, New York CityOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, PhotographerWikidata Q809059 ↗ULAN 500004605 ↗

In the collections of

Hessel Museum of ArtMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumWhitney Museum of American ArtArt Institute of Chicago

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process art

Also known as Barry Edward Le Va, Barry Leva

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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