Robert Barry, Advocate

Robert Barry

American · b. 1936 · Painter, Draughtsman

Robert Barry is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media.… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Robert Barry, Untitled (Going On), 1988, acrylic and stenciled letters on canvasUntitled (Going On)Phillips · $25,200≈ £18,132≈ €21,113Sign up to see
  2. Robert Barry, It is... (documenta 5), 1971/72, 79 S/w Dias (Endlosschleife) und Kodak-Karussell-DiaprojektorIt is... (documenta 5)Van Ham · €17,160≈ $20,022≈ £15,042Sign up to see
  3. Robert Barry, Untitled, 1988, acrylic on canvasUntitledBonhams · $14,400≈ £7,314≈ €9,314Sign up to see

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Robert Barry is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media. In 1968, Robert Barry is quoted as saying "Nothing seems to me the most potent thing in the world."

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Born 1936, New York CityOccupation Painter, Draughtsman, Illustrator, PhotographerWikidata Q477373 ↗ULAN 500053936 ↗Museum works 1

In the collections of

Art Institute of ChicagoCODA MuseumDallas Museum of ArtFogg MuseumGroninger MuseumHarvard Art MuseumsM HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst AntwerpenMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of VictoriaNew Mexico Museum of ArtRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtStedelijk Museum AmsterdamStedelijk Museum voor Actuele KunstVan AbbemuseumWallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts

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Works in museum collections

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