Biografie von Nancy Stevenson GRAVES (1940-1995)

Birth place: Pittsfield, MA

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Vassar College (1961, B.A.); Yale Univ. School Art & Arch. (B.F.A. & M.F.A., 1964); in Paris on Fulbright-Hays grant, 1964-68.

Exhibited: Graham Gal., NYC, 1968 (first solo); WMAA, 1969 (solo); Neue Galerie Alten Kurhaus, Aachen, 1971(solo); Projects, MoMA, 1971 (solo); Paris Biennale, Paris, France, 1971; Documenta, Kassel, Germany, 1972; Knoedler Gal., NYC (1980-on); Fort Worth AM, 1987 (retrospective, traveled to Brooklyn Mus.).

Work: MoMA; WMAA; Berkeley MA; Nat. Gallery Ottawa; Wallraf-Richartz Mus., Cologne, Germany.

Comments: Post-Minimalist artist of the late 1960s and 1970s, she was at first recognized for her idiosynchratic sculptures of camels. She began painting in 1972, then returned to sculpture in the late 1970s, employing a variety of media.

Sources: WW73; E. Wasserman, "Interview," Artforum (Mar, 1970); P. Tuchman, Nancy Graves: Sculpture, Drawings, Films 1969-71 (Neue Galerie, Sept., 1971) ; B. Richardson, article, Arts Painter (April, 1972); obit., New York Times (Oct. 24, 1995)