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Artists›Craig Kauffman
Craig Kauffman

Craig Kauffman

1932–2010
WA-00022681
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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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

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
No image
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

Field Verification (5 fields)

1 cross-verified · 4 single-source
  • Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
  • BiographyWikipedia + Gallery Generic· 88%
  • Death yearWikidata· 92%
  • Primary mediumWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (3)

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.

Source: Sothebys · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement
Minimalism
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Painting
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Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (11)

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 18 catalogued · 11 with image
  • MoMA
    7 publishedof 14 catalogued9 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    2 published2 img
  • The Met
    1 published
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • Violet-Green
    1964 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

9 assets
Artsy artwork: Untitled (1972)
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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1972)
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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1979)
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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1980)
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Artsy artwork: 1-9 (1994)
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Le Mur s'en va (The wall goes away) (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Relationships

7
Movements2
MinimalismColor Field
Collections5
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtArt Institute of ChicagoPhillips
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Market

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionLos Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service
New York · 1976
Group ExhibitionCalifornia Prints
New York · 1972
Group ExhibitionFive Recent Acquisitions
New York · 1969
Group ExhibitionThe 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
New York · 1967
Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
New York · 1966