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James Surls

James Surls

1943
WA-00014107
Mixed Media
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
7
Works in Collection
23
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph
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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

About

Why this artist matters now

James Arthur Surls is an American modernist artist and educator, known for his large sculptures. He founded the Lawndale Alternative Arts Space at the University of Houston in the 1970s.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
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Medium
Mixed Media
Related Artists
6 in graph
Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 8 catalogued · 2 with image
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    6 published
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
  • + 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources
  • Heatland Suite: Skin Casting
    2007 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Heatland Suite: Seeing Far and Near
    2006 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Heatland Suite: Start to Finish
    2008 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Heatland Suite: Body Knowing
    2008 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Heatland Suite
    2008 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Heatland Suite: Head of Knot Snake
    2008 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

Artsy artwork: Seeding (2013)
Artsy
Artsy artwork: Giver (1999)
Artsy
Artsy artwork: Heartland (2009)
Artsy
Artsy artwork: Shirt (1998)
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Artsy artwork: "Untitled" James Surls Modern Abstract Wooden Sculpture (ca. 1990)
Artsy
Artsy artist portrait
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Untitled (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

2
Collections2
Cleveland Museum of ArtArt Institute of Chicago
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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Exhibitions and timeline

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