Artist

Robert Mallary

Portrait of Robert Mallary

American, 1917–1997

Robert Mallary was an American artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Robert Mallary was born in Toledo.

Robert W. Mallary was an American abstract expressionist sculptor and pioneer in computer art. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was renowned for his Neo-Dada or "junk art" sculpture, created from found materials and urban detritus, pieced together with hardened liquid plastics and resins. Mallary's work is represented in permanent collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Tate Modern in London.

Collections represented

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