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Harvey Quaytman

Harvey Quaytman

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  • Biography
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    Harvey Quaytman
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    Born in Far Rockaway, New York, Harvey Quaytman (1937-2002) was the grandson of Polish and Russian Jewish immigrants. He earned his BFA in painting at the Boston Museum School and Tufts University, MA. During his lifetime he had more than sixty solo exhibitions in different parts of the world including New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Cologne, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo. His work is represented in museum collections worldwide, including those of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Tate Gallery, London, UK; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. Quaytman’s first posthumous museum retrospective, Against the Static, was organized by curator Apsara DiQuinzio at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA in 2018.
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  • Works
    • Harvey Quaytman, Untitled, 1970s
      Untitled, 1970s
    • Harvey Quaytman, The Consolation of Logic, 1973
      The Consolation of Logic, 1973
    • Harvey Quaytman, Untitled, 1973
      Untitled, 1973
    • Harvey Quaytman, VBVV, 1985
      VBVV, 1985
    • geometric abstract painting
      Vermilitude, 1986
    • Harvey Quaytman, Commander, 1988
      Commander, 1988
    • Harvey Quaytman, Vital Attractions, 1990
      Vital Attractions, 1990
    • Harvey Quaytman, Handstand Horizons, 1993
      Handstand Horizons, 1993
    • Harvey Quaytman, Untitled, 1993
      Untitled, 1993
    • geometric abstract painting
      Untitled, c. 1991
  • Exhibitions
    • installation view

      Small is Beautiful

      2nd Floor Gallery February 6 - April 4, 2025
      Van Doren Waxter is pleased to present Small is Beautiful, an exhibition of small-scale works by 22 artists, both familiar and new faces to the gallery’s program. The exhibition features...
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    • installation view

      A Little Touch of Grace

      September 18 - November 8, 2024
      Van Doren Waxter is pleased to present “A Little Touch of Grace,” a group exhibition of works by Farid Haddad, John McLaughlin, Richard Pousette-Dart, Harvey Quaytman, Hedda Sterne, Anne Truitt,...
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    • installation view of two geometric abstract paintings

      John McLaughlin | Harvey Quaytman

      3rd Floor March 31 - May 6, 2023
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    • installation view

      Sewn Burnt Folded Drawn Painted Collaged

      Special Presentation: 3rd Floor January 12 - February 26, 2022
      Caetano de Almeida Marsha Cottrell Richard Diebenkorn Moira Dryer Jeronimo Elespe Robert Mangold Harvey Quaytman Alan Shields Anne Truitt Jack Tworkov
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    • Harvey Quaytman

      Harvey Quaytman

      Rockers and Pendulums, 1969-1977: 195 Chrystie St October 4 - November 3, 2018
      Opening Reception: October 10, 6 - 8 PM Van Doren Waxter is pleased to announce Harvey Quaytman: Rockers and Pendulums, 1969-1977 opening October 4 through November 3, 2018 at 195...
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    • Harvey Quaytman

      Harvey Quaytman

      Hone February 22 - April 28, 2017
      Opening reception February 22, 6-8PM Van Doren Waxter is pleased to announce Harvey Quaytman: Hone, an exhibition of paintings from this crucial figure of late-era American abstraction. Opening February 22,...
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  • News
  • Publications
    • cover of a book

      Harvey Quaytman

      Hone 2017
      Book, Softcover, 40 pages
      ISBN: 978-0-9908058-5-4
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  • Art fairs
    • installation view of an art fair booth with various artworks

      The Art Show | ADAA

      November 1 - 5, 2023
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    • image of an art fair booth with various items hung on the walls

      Frieze Masters

      October 12 - 16, 2022
      Works Available By: Max Bill Richard Diebenkorn Tom Fairs Hans Hofmann Willem de Kooning John McLaughlin Vera Molnár Camille Pissarro Ken Price Harvey Quaytman Pierre-Auguste...
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    • Dallas Art Fair

      Dallas Art Fair

      April 21 - 24, 2022
      Caetano de Almeida James Brooks Marsha Cottrell Richard Diebenkorn Jeronimo Elespe Jessie Henson Hans Hofmann Volker Hüller Robert Motherwell Joshua Nathanson Evan Nesbit Harvey Quaytman...
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    • The Art Show

      The Art Show

      February 27 - March 3, 2020
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  • Press
    • Harvey Quaytman: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

      by Gwen Allen, Artforum, January 4, 2019
    • Harvey Quaytman: Against the Static

      by David Carrier, The Brooklyn Rail, December 11, 2018
    • Shapes, Shapes, Shapes! Harvey Quaytman Is Anything But Square

      by Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED, November 28, 2018
    • Harvey Quaytman Was on His Rocker

      by Jonathan Curiel, SF Weekly, November 28, 2018
    • Editors’ Picks, Print Week Edition: 21 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

      by Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, Artnet News, October 22, 2018
    • Art Fall Preview: Over 100 Not-to-Miss Shows From East Coast to West

      By Will Heinrich, The New York Times, September 12, 2018
    • Harvey Quaytman

      Hone exhibition review.
      Art In America, April 1, 2017
    • Goings on About Town

      Hone exhibition review.
      The New Yorker, March 13, 2017
    • Harvey Quaytman Estate Now Represented by Van Doren Waxter

      ArtNews, June 6, 2016
    • Harvey Quaytman

      ArtForum, May 1, 2014
    • Eva Lundsager, R.H. Quaytman, and Mary Heilman Brush Up on Their Painting

      The Village Voice, January 21, 2009
    • Harvey Quaytman

      by McKee, ArtNews, August 31, 2007
    • Calm, Stately Cruciform Shapes Excite Respect, Not Enthusiasm

      by Mario Naves, New York Observer, October 13, 2003
    • Harvey Quaytman

      ArtForum, April 29, 1986
    • Harvey Quaytman

      Art in America, October 31, 1980

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