Acrobats
2005 · Watercolor with graphite on off-white wove paper
30.3 × 22.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Robert Andrew Parker
American, 1927
PrintmakingColor Field
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None documented
12
Institutional Exhibitions
94
Works in Collection
150
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5
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Artists and Writers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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A Museum Menagerie
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1975–1976
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Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973–1974
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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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20 Drawings: New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
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Robert Andrew Parker was an American painter and printmaker whose fluid, gestural abstractions emerged from postwar modernism. Working primarily in watercolor, gouache, and lithography, he developed a distinctive approach to color field composition that balanced spontaneity with formal control. Parker's practice spanned over six decades, establishing him as a significant figure in mid-century American abstraction.
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