Night Repair
1983 · Lithograph in three colors on white wove paper
Image: 68.2 × 54.5 cm (26 7/8 × 21 1/2 in.); Sheet: 81.7 × 68.7 cm (32 3/16 × 27 1/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Charles Arnoldi
Artist
PrintmakingMinimalism
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
5
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- • Minimalism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Recent Acquisitions: Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974
About
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Charles Arnoldi is an American painter and sculptor who rose to prominence in the 1970s for large-scale abstract works constructed from wood, metal, and acrylic. His layered, geometric compositions often employ industrial materials and processes, creating a visual vocabulary that bridges gestural abstraction and structural minimalism. Operating primarily in Los Angeles, Arnoldi's practice emerged from the postwar California art scene and has sustained an engagement with the formal properties of material itself as both subject and medium.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artsy | Oct 2025 | $5,000 – $7,000 | Unsold |
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