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Untitled
1980 · Lithograph and screenprint
irreg composition 30 11/16 x 20 13/16" (77.9 x 52.8 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Craig Kauffman
1932–2010
Los Angeles, CA, USA
PaintingMinimalismColor Field
Representation
None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
11
Works in Collection
27
Assets Indexed
7
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Minimalism
- • Color Field
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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California Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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Five Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
About
Why this artist matters now
Craig Kauffman was an American artist working in acrylic, vacuum-formed plastic, and painted aluminum from the 1950s onward. His luminous, translucent wall-mounted reliefs pioneered the use of industrial materials and light-based color in sculpture during the postwar period. Operating from Los Angeles, Kauffman treated plastic and metal as vehicles for chromatic expression rather than structural statement, creating works that dematerialized their own surfaces through carefully calibrated hues and reflective finishes. His practice bridged the concerns of Color Field painting with sculptural form.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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