Gordon Newton — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works10

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

Living Room for Florence, 1999

Acquired 2023

Wood, steel ball bearings, wires, tubing, dollhouse couch, Nintendo NES game cases, and paint

Whitney

Structo-vision Assemblage: The Sound, 1984

Acquired 2022

Wood, canvas, styrofoam, paint, polyurethane, toothpicks, cables, coated wire, vinyl or rubber tubing, metal platter, catcher mask, insulation foam, 19th hole-Martini golf flag, fake produce spatula, copper bowl, plastic bottle, ceramic vase, artificial ivy, toy cars, Snoopy doll, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck dolls, toy globe, bench and camera, photograph, teddy bear figures, holiday decoration and packaging, dried botanicals

Art Institute of Chicago

The Maritimes, 1987

Acquired 2021

Wood, paint, canvas, polyurethane, vinyl lettering, felt pads, boat paddle, paint brush, clarinet, tennis racquets, and mixed media.

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), VIII-4, 1988

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, polyurethane varnish, resin, and collage of torn paper on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), III-2, 1987

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, resin, and a collage of cut and torn papers on pieced, cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), V-12, 1987

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, polyurethane varnish, resin, and collage of cut and torn paper on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), VIII-2, 1987

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, polyurethane varnish, resin, and collage of torn paper on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), V-1, 1987

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, polyurethane varnish, resin and collage of torn paper on pieced, cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study, VI-3, 1987

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, polyurethane varnish, and collage of torn papers on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), II-1, 1987

Acquired 2021

Oil pastel, paint, resin, and collage of torn paper on cream wove paper

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Living Room for Florence

Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.116 · Wood, steel ball bearings, wires, tubing, dollhouse couch, Nintendo NES game cases, and paint

Gift of Burton Aaron

Structo-vision Assemblage: The Sound

Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.8a-k · Wood, canvas, styrofoam, paint, polyurethane, toothpicks, cables, coated wire, vinyl or rubber tubing, metal platter, catcher mask, insulation foam, 19th hole-Martini golf flag, fake produce spatula, copper bowl, plastic bottle, ceramic vase, artificial ivy, toy cars, Snoopy doll, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck dolls, toy globe, bench and camera, photograph, teddy bear figures, holiday decoration and packaging, dried botanicals

Gift of the Estate of Gordon Newton in memory of Sherry Hendrick and Mick Vranich

The Maritimes

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.131 · Wood, paint, canvas, polyurethane, vinyl lettering, felt pads, boat paddle, paint brush, clarinet, tennis racquets, and mixed media.

Gift of Burton Aaron in memory of Susanne Hilberry

Marine Light Study (Sailors and Angels), VIII-4

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.24 · Oil pastel, paint, polyurethane varnish, resin, and collage of torn paper on cream wove paper