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Robert Andrew Parker

Robert Andrew Parker

American, 1927–2023

WA-00030260

PrintmakingColor Field

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

94

Works in Collection

150

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ21973885 ULAN500095281

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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A Museum Menagerie

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

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Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973–1974

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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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20 Drawings: New Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Art Lending Service Retrospective

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent American Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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Recent Drawings U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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Family Service Association Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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Young American Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953–1954

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6618
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Robert Andrew Parker was an American painter and printmaker whose fluid, gestural abstractions emerged from postwar modernism. Working primarily in watercolor, gouache, and lithography, he developed a distinctive approach to color field composition that balanced spontaneity with formal control. Parker's practice spanned over six decades, establishing him as a significant figure in mid-century American abstraction.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Color Field

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Printmaking

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (94)

Acrobats

2005 · Watercolor with graphite on off-white wove paper

30.3 × 22.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.7 × 15.6 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.6 × 15.5 cm (8 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.7 × 15.8 cm (8 15/16 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.7 × 15.5 cm (8 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.7 × 15.9 cm (8 15/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 28.5 cm (15 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.9 × 15.9 cm (9 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.9 × 15.5 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 22.5 × 15.8 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charterhouse of Parma

Charterhouse of Parma

1999 · Etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper

Image/plate: 20.5 × 15.1 cm (8 1/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 28.5 cm (15 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

For Samsa and Mother, Father, and Uncles, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

For Samsa and Mother, Father, and Uncles, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Colophon, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

Colophon, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Lithograph on paper

Sheet, folded: 50 × 26.9 cm (19 11/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

August 15, 1914 Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

August 15, 1914 Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Diaries 1912, March 17, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

Diaries 1912, March 17, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page, for Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

Title Page, for Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet, folded: 50 × 26.9 cm (19 11/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

November 10, 1917 Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

November 10, 1917 Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Country Doctor, 1921, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

A Country Doctor, 1921, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Aeroplanes of Brescia, 1909, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

The Aeroplanes of Brescia, 1909, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

August, 7, 1917, Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

August, 7, 1917, Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Trapeze Artist, 1922, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

The Trapeze Artist, 1922, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Diaries, 1911, October, 1, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

Diaries, 1911, October, 1, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Metamorphosis, 1915, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

The Metamorphosis, 1915, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kafka and Brod at Night, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

Kafka and Brod at Night, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

March, 17, Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

March, 17, Diaries, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments

1994 · Hand-colored etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image: 30 × 22.4 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 50 × 69.5 cm (19 11/16 × 27 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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94 published of 147 catalogued · 113 with image

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41 published41 img

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Images

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The Aeroplanes of Brescia, 1909, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Aeroplanes of Brescia, 1909, from Franz Kafka: Dreams, Diaries, and Fragments (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US