Larry Bell

American · b. 1939 · Painter, Sculptor

Larry Bell is an American contemporary artist and sculptor. He is best known for his glass boxes and large-scaled illusionistic sculptures. He is a grant recipient from, among… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Larry Bell, Cube #14 (Amber), 2005, coloured glass coated with inconel, with Plexiglas baseCube #14 (Amber)Phillips · £215,900≈ $258,864≈ €243,866Sign up to see
  2. Larry Bell, Cube, circa 1985, glass coated with inconel and silicon monoxide with chrome plated brass edgingCubeBonhams · $145,275≈ £125,790≈ €145,420Sign up to see
  3. Larry Bell, ELBK 10 (Ellipse on Black 10), 1981, aluminium with silicon monoxide on paperELBK 10 (Ellipse on Black 10)Phillips · £50,000≈ $66,200≈ €56,717Sign up to see

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Larry Bell is an American contemporary artist and sculptor. He is best known for his glass boxes and large-scaled illusionistic sculptures. He is a grant recipient from, among others, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his artworks are found in the collections of many major cultural institutions. He lives and works in Taos, New Mexico, and maintains a studio in Venice, California.

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Born 1939, ChicagoOccupation Painter, Sculptor, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q202621 ↗ULAN 500005382 ↗

In the collections of

TateArt Institute of ChicagoDallas Museum of ArtGroninger MuseumJ. Paul Getty MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of ArtLos Angeles County Museum of ArtMinneapolis Institute of ArtMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenMuseum LudwigMuseum of Modern ArtNew Mexico Museum of ArtRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim MuseumStedelijk Museum AmsterdamThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtWalker Art CenterWhitney Museum of American Art

Museum representation from open data (Wikidata, museum collection datasets); links go to the museum or its collection record.

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Also known as Larry Stuart Bell

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), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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