Matisse
2015 · Hand-colored lithograph in black on white wove paper
Sheet: 25.9 × 16.7 cm (10 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Red Grooms
1937
TextilePop ArtPost-Impressionism
Representation
None documented
10
Institutional Exhibitions
56
Works in Collection
78
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Pop Art
- • Post-Impressionism
Related Artists
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Painters for the Theater
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
No image
Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985
No image
Around Picasso
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
No image
Movin'
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
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People Watching
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
About
Why this artist matters now
Red Grooms builds large-scale, walk-through sculptural environments from painted wood, papier-mâché, and mixed media, saturating them with cartoonish exaggeration and vernacular American satire. His crowded tableaux people architectural spaces with life-sized figures whose distortion and irreverence expose the grit and absurdity beneath everyday urban spectacle. The landmark installation Ruckus Manhattan (1975) established his approach: immersive, comic, and structurally theatrical, treating the city as a cast of characters rather than a backdrop. His work occupies a singular position between folk tradition, Pop sensibility, and political caricature.
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Movement
Pop Art
Medium
Textile
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Institutional
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Artworks (56)
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Wauters Workshop
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Alexander Morton & Co.
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Manchu
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Knoll International, Inc.
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Manchu
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Movements and affiliations
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Market
Auction sale history
Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction
Background
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Visual Arts
Art Students League of New York
Visual Arts
Hillsboro Comprehensive High School
Visual Arts
Hans Hoffman School of Fine Art
Visual Arts
Market
Auction History
Range: $2,268 – $56,250
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | $6,000 – $8,000 | $10,795 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2024 | $2,000 – $3,000 | $6,930 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2024 | $1,000 – $1,500 | $2,268 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2024 | $2,000 – $3,000 | $3,024 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2024 | $3,000 – $5,000 | $3,780 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2023 | $6,000 – $8,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | Mar 2023 | $3,000 – $5,000 | $7,560 | |
| Christie's | May 2021 | $3,000 – $5,000 | $25,000 | |
| Christie's | Aug 2020 | $8,000 – $12,000 | $21,250 | |
| Christie's | Apr 2020 | $2,000 – $3,000 | $4,375 |
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