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Tony Berlant
1941
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Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Tony Berlant is an American painter whose work incorporates collaged fragments of Native American textiles and pottery shards, particularly Mimbres ceramics and Navajo weavings, into densely composed abstract surfaces. Based in Santa Monica, his practice treats historical indigenous material as both subject and medium, constructing layered compositions that oscillate between archaeological archive and modernist abstraction. The resulting works function as visual documents of cultural preservation and formal experimentation simultaneously.
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
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| Artsy | Oct 2025 | $2,500 – $3,500 | Unsold |
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