Robert Ryman

Robert Ryman was born in Nashville in 1930. He died in New York City in 2019.

Art

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A square canvas coated in thick, textured white paint features a small black bar with the phrase — Robert Ryman

The Paradoxical Absolute, 1958
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Square framed painting with thick, textured white paint and a tan upper right corner, with — Robert Ryman

Untitled, 1959
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Square painting with thick, textured white paint with blue speckles showing through, on a tan canvas which is visible on the bottom edge. — Robert Ryman

Untitled, 1960
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A square beige canvas with frayed edges is mostly covered in textured white paint with bits of green and black. — Robert Ryman

Untitled, 1962 c.
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Thin black lines are painted in a grid over a square beige canvas. — Robert Ryman

Stretched Drawing [5 x 5 grid], 1963
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Thin black lines are painted in a grid over a square beige canvas. — Robert Ryman

Stretched Drawing [Square], 1963 c.
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Thin black lines are painted in a grid over a square beige canvas. — Robert Ryman

Stretched Drawing [2 x 2 grid], 1963 c.
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A large, square canvas painted entirely white hangs on a white wall above a wood floor. — Robert Ryman

Untitled, 1965
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A large, square tan canvas painted white hangs low on a white wall above a wood floor. The canvas is slightly visible around the edges of the paint. — Robert Ryman

Untitled, Delta, 1965–66 c.
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A square tan canvas has three horizontal bands of white paint, the top bands at almost equal size and the bottom band occupying half of the square, and the canvas is visible around the edges of the painting and where the bands meet. — Robert Ryman

Untitled, 1965–66 c.
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A square sheet of cream-colored paper painted off-white is taped to a white wall at the top and bottom edges. The edges are unpainted. — Robert Ryman

Medway, 1968 c.
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A long, white, rectangular form is propped above a floor with five small, blue, foam blocks. — Robert Ryman

Varese Wall, 1975
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Room with eleven evenly spaced, white squares placed along a horizontal white wall above a wooden floor. — Robert Ryman

Vector, 1975/1996–97
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A white square with dark edges hangs on a white wall using four exposed fasteners with bolts, two on the top and two on the bottom. — Robert Ryman

Tower I, 1976
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A white square hangs on a white wall using four exposed fasteners with bolts, two on the top and two on the bottom. — Robert Ryman

Tower II, 1976
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A white square hangs on a white wall using four gray bolts and fasteners, affixed to the bottom and top of the work and near the corners. — Robert Ryman

Phoenix, 1979
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A square black board is painted nearly to the edges with small, rough strokes of white paint. — Robert Ryman

Measure, 1987
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A square black board painted white with thin strip of black appearing at the bottom right corner. Small black bolts are affixed near each corner. — Robert Ryman

Transfer, 1987
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A white square painting hangs low on wall above wood floor using two pairs of tiny bolts on the top edge near the corners. — Robert Ryman

Consort, 1988
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A white square with an angular central spiral hangs on a white wall. Rectangular sections of smooth white paint interrupt rough swathes of brushstrokes. — Robert Ryman

Cord, 1994
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An off-white square is painted white with two thin parallel horizontal lines drawn in pencil near the center. The letter — Robert Ryman

Place IV, 1998
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Angled view of a room where fourteen evenly spaced white squares are hung from a white wall. Two blue lines run vertically near the edges of each square. — Robert Ryman

Third Prototype, Dia:Beacon, Wall Installation, 2003, 2003
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Exhibitions and Projects

Two square white paintings hang on either side of a corner; the left one is very large and the right one is very small. A large, rectangular white painting affixed to a wall by long metal rods and resting on the wood floor is partially visible through a doorway to the left of the paintings. — Exhibition

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Long-term view, Dia Beacon
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RYM_Shot_3_flat_Photo Bill Jacobson — Exhibition

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December 9, 2015–July 30, 2016, Dia Chelsea
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Ryman Chelsea Install 1Photo_for web — Exhibition

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October 7, 1988–June 18, 1989, Dia Chelsea
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Books

Photo: Don Stahl

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Watch & Listen

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Stark-Ryman — Frances Stark on Robert Ryman
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Burr-Ryman — Wry Man: Tom Burr on Robert Ryman
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ryman symposium beacon march 2016 — Robert Ryman Symposium - March 12, 2016
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Charles Gaines on Robert Ryman

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Frances Stark on Robert Ryman

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Wry Man: Tom Burr on Robert Ryman

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Leckey-Whitman — Charles Gaines on Robert Ryman
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Robert Ryman Symposium - March 12, 2016

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