Allen Rawson Ruppersberg — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works42

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago

Between the Scenes, 1973

Acquired 2022

Nine chromogenic color prints with nine typewritten sheets

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Cafe Figure, 1971

Acquired 2020

Photograph mounted to plywood

Art Institute of Chicago

Ultra (from the "Ultra Room", Al's Grand Hotel), 1971

Acquired 2020

Ballpoint pen and black ink on ruled wove paper (9) with bound volume

Art Institute of Chicago

Al’s Grand Hotel, 1971

Acquired 2020

Offset lithograph in black and yellow inks on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Live at Al's Grand Hotel, May 7th, 1971/2011, 1971

Acquired 2020

Offset lihtograph in black, blue, and red inks with vinyl LP

Art Institute of Chicago

Ephemera from Al's Grand Hotel, 1971

Acquired 2020

Various documents, letters, and paper receipts

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel announcement letters, 1971

Acquired 2020

Offset lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper (5)

Art Institute of Chicago

Terry Allen, Live at Al's Grand Hotel, 1971

Acquired 2020

Red and blue tempera paint over graphite with a silver gelatin photograph on paperboard

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel catalog, 1971

Acquired 2020

16 page pamphlet, black ink on tan wove paper with cardstock cover, stapled

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel brochure, 1971

Acquired 2020

Offset lithograph in black and orange inks on cream wove paper (5)

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel, 1971

Acquired 2020

Various, see individual object records

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel "standee", 1971

Acquired 2020

Photograph mounted to plywood

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel "standee", 1971

Acquired 2020

Photograph mounted to plywood

Art Institute of Chicago

Ultra, from the Lobby in Al's Grand Hotel, 1971

Acquired 2020

Glass aquarium with light, Daily Variety newspaper, toothpaste, Ultra Brite toothpaste tube

Art Institute of Chicago

Allen Ruppersberg with “standees” and their fabricator, 1971

Acquired 2020

Gelatin silver print?

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel, 1971

Acquired 2016

Offset Lithograph

Art Institute of Chicago

Al's Grand Hotel (Neon Sign), 1971

Acquired 2016

Neon sign mounted on metal

Art Institute of Chicago

Portfolio Cover, for The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Portfolio of ten color lithographs, with digital elements and hand-coloring, on white wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Rona Barrett's Hollywood, 1973

Acquired 2015

Gelatin silver prints (21)

Art Institute of Chicago

Colophon, from The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Both Picture a Beautiful World but One Is a Photograph and the Other Is Not, from The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Color lithograph with digital elements on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

I Love Photographs but I Don't Know How to Make a Print, from The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Color lithograph with digital elements and hand-coloring on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Both Record Reality from the Same Distance, from The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Color lithograph with digital elements and hand-coloring on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Both are Interpretations Created by Artists and Amateurs Alike, from The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Color lithograph with digital elements on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Both Contain and Element of Each Other and Neither can Lie, from The Top Ten Historical Similarities (and Differences) Between Prints and Photographs, 2012

Acquired 2015

Color lithograph with digital elements on paper

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Between the Scenes

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.266.1-9 · Nine chromogenic color prints with nine typewritten sheets

Gift of Judy and Stuart Spence

Al's Grand Cafe Figure

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2019.1306.9 · Photograph mounted to plywood