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Artists›Manuel Neri

Manuel Neri

1930

WA-00013774

PaintingContemporary

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WikidataQ6752769

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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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About

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Manuel John Neri Jr. was an American sculptor who is recognized for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble. In Neri's work with the figure, he conveys an emotional inner state that is revealed through body language and gesture. Since 1965 his studio was in Benicia, California; in 1981 he purchased a studio in Carrara, Italy, for working in marble. Over four decades, beginning in the early 1970s, Neri worked primarily with the same model, Mary Julia Klimenko, creating drawings and sculptures that merge contemporary concerns with Modernist sculptural forms.

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Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artworks (11)

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Mary Julia's Head

1986 · Matte opaque paints and charcoal on paper

31 1/2 × 22 in. (80 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manuel y Mary Julia Series, No. 9 (Mary Julia)

1977 · Charcoal on off white wove paper

55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 1/16 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manuel y Mary Julia Series, No. 12

1977 · Charcoal on off white wove paper

56.2 × 76.5 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manuel y Mary Julia Series, No. 14

1977 · Charcoal on off white wove paper

56.2 × 76.5 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manuel y Mary Julia Series, No. 4

1977 · Charcoal on off white wove paper

56.2 × 76.5 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Manuel y Mary Julia Series No. 7

1977 · Charcoal and black oil pastel on paper

22 1/4 × 30 3/16 in. (56.5 × 76.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Manuel y Mary Julia Series No. 1

1977 · Charcoal and oil pastel on paper

22 3/16 × 30 3/16 in. (56.4 × 76.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Manuel y Mary Julia Series No. 3

1977 · Charcoal, pastel and wash on paper

22 1/16 × 30 1/16 in. (56 × 76.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Manuel y Mary Julia Series No. 6

1977 · Charcoal and black oil pastel with traces of white pigment on paper

22 1/8 × 30 3/16 in. (56.2 × 76.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Couple of Girls, from Ten West Coast Artists

1967 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image, sheet: 75.8 × 56.5 cm (29 7/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple of girls

1967 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

76 × 56 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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11 published of 12 catalogued · 7 with image

Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
The Met
5 published
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Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christie's

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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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