Robert Riggs

1896–1970

Getty record

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500105897

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Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 24, 2025.

Not on view

First acquired
1933

Date of birth
February 5, 1896

API
artists/1098

Has image On view

6 works

Exhibitions

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012
Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011
Modernisms

Aug 29, 2007–Jan 13, 2008
1942 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

Nov 24, 1942–Jan 6, 1943
1939 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Jan 24–Feb 17, 1939
1938 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints

Mar 8–Apr 10, 1938
Second Biennial Exhibition: Part One—Sculpture, Drawings and Prints

Jan 24–Feb 13, 1936
First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Prints

Dec 5, 1933–Jan 11, 1934