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Merrill Wagner
1935
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Merrill Wagner: Marking Time
David Zwirner
2026
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The Christmas Show
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971–1972
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Merrill Wagner is an American visual artist. In 1953 Wagner graduated from Annie Wright Seminary were she went on to attend Sarah Lawrence. In 1957 Wagner graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She settled in New York City where she studied with Edwin Dickinson and attended the Art Students League of New York. Wagner began her career working in the Minimalist style. Her later work incorporates representational painting executed on a variety of surfaces. Wagner is a member of American Abstract Artists.
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