Whitney Biennial 1973: Contemporary American Art
Jan 10–Mar 18, 1973
Cover for 1973 Biennial Catalogue
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Artists
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Alice Adams
1 work in the collection -
William Allan
2 works in the collection -
Terry Allen
2 exhibitions -
Carl Andre
14 works in the collection -
Jo Baer
5 works in the collection -
Malcolm Bailey
1 work in the collection -
John Baldessari
42 works in the collection -
Thomas Bang
2 exhibitions -
Paula Barr
1 exhibition -
Frances Barth
1 work in the collection -
Joel Bass
1 work in the collection -
Robert Bechtle
4 works in the collection -
Lynda Benglis
5 works in the collection -
Fletcher Benton
1 work in the collection -
Tony Berlant
2 works in the collection -
Jake Berthot
3 works in the collection -
Natalie Bieser
1 work in the collection -
Ronald Bladen
2 works in the collection -
Bill Bollinger
1 work in the collection -
Louise Bourgeois
33 works in the collection -
Frank Bowling
2 works in the collection -
James Boynton
4 exhibitions -
Peter Bradley
1 exhibition -
Roger Brown
3 works in the collection -
Howard Buchwald
2 works in the collection -
Peter Campus
12 works in the collection -
Cynthia Carlson
1 exhibition -
John Chamberlain
8 works in the collection -
Dan Christensen
3 works in the collection -
Ed Clark
1 work in the collection -
John Clem Clarke
5 works in the collection -
Arthur Cohen
1 work in the collection -
Joyce Cole
1 exhibition -
Jaime Davidovitch
1 exhibition -
Gene Davis
6 works in the collection -
Stephen A. Davis
2 exhibitions -
Roy De Forest
3 works in the collection -
Stuart Diamond
1 exhibition -
David Diao
1 work in the collection -
Guy Dill
1 exhibition -
Jim Dine
97 works in the collection -
John Duff
2 works in the collection -
Loretta Dunkelman
2 works in the collection -
Robert Duran
2 exhibitions -
Jimmy Ernst
6 works in the collection -
Fred Eversley
1 work in the collection -
Charles Fahlen
1 exhibition -
Jackie Ferrara
1 work in the collection -
Rafael Ferrer
1 work in the collection -
Louise Fishman
1 work in the collection -
Sherron Francis
1 exhibition -
Helen Frankenthaler
11 works in the collection -
Mary Frank
5 works in the collection -
Ernest Frazier
1 work in the collection -
Richard Friedberg
2 exhibitions -
William Geis
1 work in the collection -
Gregory Gillespie
3 works in the collection -
Carl Gliko
1 work in the collection -
Michael Goldberg
6 works in the collection -
Sidney Goodman
7 works in the collection -
Robert Gordy
1 work in the collection -
Adolph Gottlieb
11 works in the collection -
Jacqueline Gourevitch
1 exhibition -
Nancy Graves
9 works in the collection -
Stephen Greene
4 works in the collection -
Ken Greenleaf
1 exhibition -
Mary Grigoriadis
2 works in the collection -
Nancy Grossman
3 works in the collection -
Robert Grosvenor
2 works in the collection -
Peter Gutkin
2 exhibitions -
Ira Joel Haber
1 work in the collection -
Michael D. Hall
2 exhibitions -
Duane Hanson
1 work in the collection -
Randy Hardy
1 exhibition -
Robert Hartman
1 exhibition -
Joe Haske
2 exhibitions -
Al Held
8 works in the collection -
Gilah Hirsch
1 exhibition -
Will Horwitt
4 exhibitions -
Gary Hudson
1 work in the collection -
Joel Janowitz
1 work in the collection -
Neil Jenney
6 works in the collection -
Alfred J. Jensen
5 works in the collection -
Luis Jimenez
1 work in the collection -
Jasper Johns
216 works in the collection -
Buffie Johnson
1 work in the collection -
Lester Johnson
4 works in the collection -
Joan Jonas
11 works in the collection -
Donald Judd
58 works in the collection -
Alex Katz
82 works in the collection -
Lila Katzen
1 exhibition -
Jane Kaufman
2 works in the collection -
Ellsworth Kelly
55 works in the collection -
Lyman Kipp
1 work in the collection -
Harriet Korman
3 exhibitions -
Lee Krasner
10 works in the collection -
Barbara Kruger
6 works in the collection -
Nicholas Krushenick
3 works in the collection -
Frances Kuehn
2 exhibitions -
Kay Kurt
1 work in the collection -
Ronnie Landfield
2 works in the collection -
Richard Landry
1 exhibition -
Alfred Leslie
8 works in the collection -
Mon Levinson
5 works in the collection -
Alexander Liberman
9 works in the collection -
Roy Lichtenstein
451 works in the collection -
Robert Lobe
3 works in the collection -
Alvin Loving
2 works in the collection -
Brice Marden
91 works in the collection -
John Mason
3 exhibitions -
Louisa Matthiasdottir
1 exhibition -
Dennis McCarthy
1 exhibition -
Ann McCoy
2 works in the collection -
David McManaway
1 exhibition -
Clement Meadmore
2 exhibitions -
Brenda Miller
2 works in the collection -
Richard McDermott Miller
1 exhibition -
Mary Miss
3 exhibitions -
Joan Mitchell
11 works in the collection -
Richard Mock
1 exhibition -
Joan Moment
1 exhibition -
Robert Morris
32 works in the collection -
Ree Morton
1 work in the collection -
Robert Moskowitz
9 works in the collection -
Robert Motherwell
20 works in the collection -
Catherine Murphy
3 works in the collection -
Elizabeth Murray
50 works in the collection -
Robert Murray
1 work in the collection -
Forrest Myers
1 work in the collection -
Louise Nevelson
102 works in the collection -
Kenneth Noland
4 works in the collection -
Richard Nonas
21 works in the collection -
David Novros
3 works in the collection -
Jim Nutt
5 works in the collection -
Kenzo Okada
1 work in the collection -
Jules Olitski
3 works in the collection -
William Omwake
1 work in the collection -
George Ortman
6 works in the collection -
Ray Parker
4 exhibitions -
Ed Paschke
3 works in the collection -
Philip Pearlstein
20 works in the collection -
Joel Perlman
1 work in the collection -
Irving Petlin
4 works in the collection -
William Pettet
2 works in the collection -
Larry Poons
4 works in the collection -
Katherine Porter
2 works in the collection -
Joanna Pousette-Dart
1 exhibition -
Richard Pousette-Dart
8 works in the collection -
Robert Povlich
1 work in the collection -
Harvey Quaytman
3 works in the collection -
Joseph Raffael
2 works in the collection -
Christina Ramberg
3 works in the collection -
Robert Rauschenberg
85 works in the collection -
Peter Reginato
2 exhibitions -
James Reineking
2 exhibitions -
Milton Resnick
6 works in the collection -
Tony Robbin
1 work in the collection -
Dorothea Rockburne
8 works in the collection -
Robert Rohm
1 work in the collection -
Bernard Rosenthal
2 works in the collection -
Ed Ruda
1 exhibition -
Ludwig Sander
3 works in the collection -
Ray Saunders
1 exhibition -
Charles Schucker
12 exhibitions -
William Schwedler
1 work in the collection -
Arden Scott
1 exhibition -
John Seery
1 exhibition -
Richard Serra
25 works in the collection -
Alan Shields
5 works in the collection -
Nate Shiner
2 exhibitions -
Ed Shostak
2 exhibitions -
Alex Siburney
1 exhibition -
Alan Siegel
2 works in the collection -
Louis Siegriest
1 exhibition -
Site, Inc.
1 exhibition -
Arlene Slavin
1 exhibition -
Robert Smithson
16 works in the collection -
Susan Smith
1 exhibition -
Tony Smith
3 works in the collection -
Kenneth Snelson
3 works in the collection -
Joan Snyder
4 works in the collection -
Jack Sonenberg
2 works in the collection -
Keith Sonnier
5 works in the collection -
Raphael Soyer
51 works in the collection -
Christopher Sproat
1 exhibition -
Robert Stanley
4 works in the collection -
Jim Starrett
2 exhibitions -
Michael Steiner
1 work in the collection -
Pat Steir
39 works in the collection -
Frank Stella
89 works in the collection -
Gary Stephan
1 work in the collection -
Sylvia Stone
1 work in the collection -
George Sugarman
7 works in the collection -
Andy Tavarelli
1 exhibition -
Gary Tenenbaum
1 exhibition -
Edgar Tolson
1 exhibition -
George Trakas
2 exhibitions -
Ann Truitt
1 exhibition -
Susan Tunick
1 exhibition -
Cy Twombly
11 works in the collection -
Jack Tworkov
8 works in the collection -
Nancy Van Deren
2 exhibitions -
Lester Van Winkle
1 exhibition -
Robert Wade
2 exhibitions -
Jeffrey Way
1 exhibition -
William Wegman
53 works in the collection -
Neil Welliver
1 work in the collection -
Lynton Wells
1 exhibition -
Salle Werner
1 exhibition -
Tom Wesselmann
12 works in the collection -
H.C. Westermann
11 works in the collection -
Jay Wholley
1 exhibition -
William T. Wiley
8 works in the collection -
Hannah Wilke
4 works in the collection -
Neil Williams
1 work in the collection -
Christopher Wilmarth
14 works in the collection -
Jackie Winsor
2 works in the collection -
Philip Wofford
2 works in the collection -
Nina Yankowitz
1 exhibition -
Adja Yunkers
11 works in the collection -
Robert Zakanitch
3 works in the collection -
Larry Zox
10 works in the collection
Installation Photography
Installation view of the 1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973). Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
Installation view of the 1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973). From left to right: Clement Meadmore, Dervish; Ronald Bladen, Untitled; center: Forest Myers, Smoke in Grass; Alice Adams, Long Wall; Jack Sonenberg, Perimeter II. Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
Installation view of the 1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973). From left to right: Ellsworth Kelly, Two Panels: White/Black; Sylvia Stone, Crystal Palace (1971–72).
Installation view of the 1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973). From left to right: Joan Mitchell, Bonjour Julie; Tony Smith, Untitled; Randy Hardy, Crackerjacks. Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
Installation view of the 1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973). Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
Installation view of the 1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973). Raphael Ferrera, House. Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
In the News
“The old Whitney annuals used to alternate between painting and sculpture on alternate years, but the new art styles employing new media [. . .] do not permit such hard-and-fast categorization.” —The New York Times
“The Whitney, ever yearning to get with it, has tried to give us a playground—that is exactly what the biennial suggests, a kind of mail-order jungle gym—but we’ve outgrown it.” —The New York Times
“. . . the entire exhibition space is now filled to the top with the works of art, near-art, non-art, anti-art, pseudo-art and you-name-it that make up this survey of what is going on just now.” —The New York Times
“. . . an energetic attempt to encompass a broad spectrum of styles and methods and ideas—particularly the new ideas—that now determine the forms that art is given, and the exhibition does succeed in embracing a great diversity of statement.” —The New York Times
“We should not be surprised [. . .] that the Whitney show—which fills all five floors of the museum—takes a sort of liberal, all-things-to-all-men attitude toward the current art scene.” —The New York Times
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