Robert Graham
(Mexican/American: 1938 - 2008)
Torso II
1976-77
Bronze with brown patina
Edition of 12
20.25 x 6.25 inches diameter
Provenance:
Gift of the artist

Robert Graham was a Mexican sculptor, best known for his large-scale public works and female nudes. His many
sculptures of women were specific and personal, each one documenting a particular woman in a particular pose.
Among his many public monuments, his Olympic Gateway depicting two muscular figures without heads or feet, is
among his best-known and was created in 1984 for the Memorial Coliseum at the Olympic Games of that year.
Born on August 19, 1938 in Mexico City, Mexico, he studied art first at San Jose State College and then at the San
Francisco Art Institute. Graham cited his upbringing in Mexico as significant to his work: "I don't remember ever
going to a gallery. The things that were important were those murals and what people saw all the time," the artist
explained. "They were my history books. You could see what the Aztecs looked like, what Cortes looked like. I
never looked at it as art-it was part of your experience as a Mexican. His work is included in the collections of
several museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New
York, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Graham died on December 27, 2008
in Santa Monica, CA.

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Robert Graham
(Mexican/American: 1938 - 2008)
Life Study No. 2
1978
Bronze wall plaque

Signed, dated and numbered 2/10 lower left, backside

29.75 x 9.5 x 2.5 inches
Provenance:
Gift of the artist

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Robert Graham
(Mexican/American: 1938 - 2008)
Untitled
1977

Unique cast and gilt bronze sculpture with dark brown patina
A gold and brown sculpture comprised of geometric elements

and a single incised head
Signed and dated on the verso
12.5 x 14 inches
Provenance:
Gift of the artist

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Robert Graham
(Mexican/American: 1938 - 2008)
Maquette for Olympic Gateway

1984

Bronze with dark brown patina and gilt cylinders

Edition of 25
Incised signature
16.5 x 12 x 12 inches
Provenance:
Gift of the artist

Graham's first major monumental commission was the ceremonial gateway for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, for the occasion of the
1984 Olympics. He also designed the commemorative silver dollar for the event. The gateway featured two bronze torsos, male and female,
modeled on contestants in the games. The gateway was a major design element of an Olympiad noted for its lack of new construction. To the
surprise of many, the nudity of the torsos became an issue in the media.

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