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expand_moreArt Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.2844 · Acrylic paint and acrylic gel on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Michelle and Joshua Lobel, Barbara Zifkin, and Barbara Ruben; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund; purchased with funds provided by Marc Selwyn
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession AH.2022.19.1 · Acrylic on paper
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchased with funds provided by The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 769.2022 · Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Bequest of Janice H. Levin and an anonymous gift (both by exchange)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.168 · Acrylic, acrylic gel and found objects on cotton canvas with marouflage
Purchase, Museum Acquisitions and Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Funds, Gina and Stuart Peterson and The Ford Foundation Gifts, and Rogers Fund, 2022
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, United States · Acquired 2019 · Accession 2019.91 · Acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas
Purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Peggy Guggenheim
The Studio Museum in Harlem · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.22 · Acrylic on canvas
Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Ninah & Michael Lynne
The Studio Museum in Harlem · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.22 · Acrylic on canvas
The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Ninah & Michael Lynne
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2011 · Accession 2011.590.2 · Acrylic on canvas
Gift of Maddy and Larry Mohr, 2011
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2006 · Accession T12244 · Oil paint on canvas
Presented by Rachel Scott 2006
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2006 · Accession T12134 · Acrylic paint and resin on canvas
Purchased 2006
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1987 · Accession T04889 · Acrylic paint, oil paint, acrylic gel, damar, beeswax, chalk, metallic pigments, acrylic foam, shells and plastic toys o
Purchased 1987
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1981 · Accession 1981.509 · Acrylic and oil on canvas
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carroll, 1981
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Paintings: $63.0K medianPhotographs: $2.0K medianEditioned prints: $2.6K medianUnclassified lots: $4.8K medianBooks/portfolios: $5.4K median
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The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) presents "Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985," a landmark exhibition exploring the role of photogr…
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Past Exhibitions5
expand_moreWorks on Paper: 2020 - 2023
Frank Bowling
9953 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA
Sep 14, 2025 — Oct 25, 2025
Frank Bowling’s Americas
Frank Bowling
465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Oct 22, 2022 — Jan 20, 2023
Frank Bowling Works on Paper, 2009-2021
Frank Bowling
9953 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA
Sep 17, 2022 — Oct 29, 2022
Make It New
Frank Bowling
384 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA
Sep 6, 2018 — Oct 13, 2018
Frank Bowling
Frank Bowling
9953 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA
Sep 23, 2017 — Nov 4, 2017
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Art Fair Appearances5
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2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
Art Basel — Basel
2023
Frieze New York — New York
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2021
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