Robert Mallary

American | 1917 - 1997

Robert Mallary was an American sculptor who was born in 1917.

How much does a Robert Mallary cost?

Robert Mallary's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 37,500 USD for sculptures, and 3,200 USD for paintings.

What is Robert Mallary's most expensive sculpture?

Since 2011 the record price for this artist at auction is 37,500 USD for Prankster, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2011.

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Tate Modern have featured Robert Mallary's work in the past.

Robert Mallary in the news

Robert Mallary has been featured in articles for Two Coats of Paint, The Guardian and Rhizome. The most recent article is Innovators of Optical Kinetic and Digital Art Celebrated at Tate Modern written for ArtLyst in October 2024. The artist died in 1997.

Featured for Sale

GRAF/D Series (005)

By Robert Mallary

DAM Projects

LNKD (Jumble, 001)

By Robert Mallary

DAM Projects

A minimalist architectural sketch featuring scattered geometric shapes on a plain background.

Computer plotter drawing impact printed on paper ,1975

By Robert Mallary

Swann Auction Galleries

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Untitled ,1962

By Robert Mallary

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Untitled (Assemblage) ,1957

By Robert Mallary

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King Canute, ,1960

By Robert Mallary

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Computer plotter drawing impact printed on paper ,1975

By Robert Mallary

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A piece of wood in a black box on a white wall.

Benediction ,1962

By Robert Mallary

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A painting of a woman's face on a white background.

UNTITLED PAINTING NO. 5 ,55

By Robert Mallary

Dreweatts, Donnington Priory

Untitled (from the Scribble Series - Robert Mallary

Untitled (from the Scribble Series ,1975

By Robert Mallary

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Past Exhibitions

An America

The Box, Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | USA

Sep 20, 2025 - Nov 01, 2025

Burn Me!

The Box, Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | USA

May 17, 2025 - Jul 05, 2025

Computer-Grafik 1984 (revised)

DAM Projects

Berlin | Germany

Apr 03, 2025 - Jun 14, 2025

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Articles

Innovators of Optical Kinetic and Digital Art Celebrated at Tate Modern

ArtLyst Oct 23, 2024

Tate Modern celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed, and digital art, who forged a new era of immersive environments and artworks that engage with new technologies.

Images: NADA Art Fair, 2018

Two Coats of Paint Mar 21, 2018

I just read a piece by Rachel Corbett in artnet News about Mitchell Algus, a dealer who manages a small second-floor space on the corner of Delancy and Norfolk on the Lower East Side.

Death Train: the earliest art to expose horror of concentration camps

The Guardian Nov 24, 2014

The Mexican art collective Taller de Gráfica Popular used lino prints to transmit an explicit, committed political message.

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Coverage

“ ..Jouster is an early example of a form that Mallary would come to use often in his work: a heavier element on top with a bottom that comes to a fragile tip... ”
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The Box

“ ..Mallary’s art of this period projects a rapturously dark vision extending across media with a formal rigor and will to innovation in service to the artist’s developing worldview... ”
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Mitchell Algus Gallery

“ ..Freely blending figurative and abstract imagery in imposing, gritty assemblages Mallary created a unique body of work that is complex in material and form... ”
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The Box

“ ..Mallary began to use tuxedos stretched over steel frames to form complex constructions of resin impregnated fabric... ”
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The Box

“ ..Mallary’s use of new polymers and plastics in combination with overtly low-tech materials expanded creative inroads for both technology and democratized sources... ”
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Allan Stone Gallery