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Robert Graham (Mexico, 1938-2008)
MOCA Torso, 1992-95
Cast bronze
11 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches
Robert Graham was a renowned Mexican-American artist. He grew up in San Jose, California and later relocated to Los Angeles. His bronze monuments and sculptures are located throughout public spaces across the United States.
Graham had his first solo exhibition in 1964 in Palo Alto, California. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he exhibited with the Nicholas Wilder Gallery. He moved to London, England in 1967. There he exhibited works of small nude female figures made of colored beeswax, encased in a Plexiglas box environments. These early works explored his interest in scale of the human figure in both private
and public spaces. His stay in London culminated with a retrospective exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in in 1970.
After returning to Los Angeles, he began casting his wax figures in bronze. In his studio by Venice Beach, he focused on contemporary female figures, working directly from real models.