John Chamberlain

Chamberlain, John Angus

American, 1927 - 2011

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The image shows irregular and fluid shapes with jagged lines primarily in blue and black tones against a white background. It presents an abstract arrangement resembling a crumpled piece of paper with text elements resembling newspaper fragments and areas reminiscent of packaging or labels. The composition suggests familiar objects like bits of printed material or advertisements that have been distorted and layered.
John Chamberlain, Styria Studio, Experiments in Art and Technology, Untitled, 1973, color lithograph on plastic film, Gift of Robert Rauschenberg, 1976.66.3

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John Chamberlain, Styria Studio, Experiments in Art and Technology · 1973 · color lithograph on plastic film ·  Accession ID  1976.66.3

Blank piece of vertically oriented tan paper.
Various Artists, Lee Bontecou, Robert C. Breer, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Mark di Suvero, Jim Dine, Dan Flavin, Öyvind Fahlström, Red Grooms, Hans Haacke, Alex Hay, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, Richard Peter Stankiewicz, Cy Twombly, Robert Whitman, Andy Warhol, Styria Studio, Experiments in Art and Technology, The New York Collection for Stockholm Portfolio, 1973, portfolio of thirty prints in various media on various papers, Gift of Robert Rauschenberg, 1976.66.1-30

The New York Collection for Stockholm Portfolio

Various Artists, Lee Bontecou, Robert C. Breer, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Mark di Suvero, Jim Dine, Dan Flavin, Öyvind Fahlström, Red Grooms, Hans Haacke, Alex Hay, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, Richard Peter Stankiewicz, Cy Twombly, Robert Whitman, Andy Warhol, Styria Studio, Experiments in Art and Technology · 1973 · portfolio of thirty prints in various media on various papers ·  Accession ID  1976.66.1-30

The sculpture is an abstract assemblage of twisted and folded metal parts. It features a bold color palette with prominent sections of bright orange, along with patches of blue, black, and various distressed shades indicating rust and wear. The materials appear to be primarily metal, incorporating various industrial fragments. The piece is compact with jagged and irregular edges, creating a dynamic structure that evokes the look of crumpled metal. Relative to the viewer, the sculpture seems to be a small-scale piece sitting on a neutral background.
John Chamberlain, Untitled, 1962, crushed car metal, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, 2007.6.96

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John Chamberlain · 1962 · crushed car metal ·  Accession ID  2007.6.96

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John Chamberlain, Alan Eaker, Eric Vontillius, Jill Lerner, Graphicstudio · 1993-1994 · 2-color photo-screenprint on laquered aluminum sheet ·  Accession ID  1995.61.16

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John Chamberlain · 1974 · airbrush with acrylic and enamel on three sheets of wove paper mounted to paperboard ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2715

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Le Molé

John Chamberlain, John Battenburg, James Robie, Gemini G.E.L. · 1971 · polyester resin, aluminum, and silicon oxide ·  Accession ID  2001.74.10

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Arcadia

John Chamberlain · 1959 · painted steel ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3951