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Larry Rivers
1925–2002

Introduction

Rivers began his career under the influence of Abstract Expressionism, but came to prominence in the 1960s with his work using images and photographs from commercial media. Often criticized for his sculpture and painting parodies of works by various masters, his versatile work combined elements of Pop Art and Dada, and frequently utilized film and video.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, musician, painter, photographer, poet, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500003280

Names

Larry Rivers, Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg

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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 March 16, 2024.



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