GRAHAM, Robert (1938-2008) Mexican-American sculptor.
Born Mexico City, Mexico, 19 August, 1938.
Died Los Angeles 27 December 2008.
His 1984 Olympic Dollar coin won a COTY, Coin Of
The Year award (from Krause Publications) for Most
Popular coin (despite widespread criticism of the design,
including the Fine Art Commission's statement the coin
design was "a loser," see O12 Breen, p 606).
C O I N S
1984 Olympic Commemorative Silver Dollar (also known as
Gateway Dollar; Graham was sculptor of original
sculpture at entranceway, also both sides
of this coin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 7602-7604, KM 210
Illustrated: O16 {2010} Jordan, Modern Commems, p . 239
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1970) Whitechapel Art Galley, London. Robert Graham Exhibition. Introduction
by Mark Glazebrook. London: the Gallery 48 pp, illus.
D20 {1971} Cummings: 1971 [2ed:145],
1977 [3ed: ], 1984 [4ed: ],
1988 [5ed: ], 1996 [6ed:285-286].
101 {1972} Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Robert Graham Exhibition. Introduction by
Robert M. Murdock. Dallas: the Museum, 16 pp, illus.
BA {1978} Who's Who In American Art:
1978 [13ed:264], 1980 [14ed:279],
1982 [15ed:358], 1984 [16ed:351],
1986 [17ed:386], 1989 [18ed:405],
1990 [19ed:426], 1992 [20ed:449],
1995 [21ed:463], 1997 [22ed:460],
1999 [23ed:468-429], 2001 [24ed:457],
2003 [25ed:465], 2005 [26ed:493],
2007 [28ed:481].
D32 {1982} Oakland Museum, p 27.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 245.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:552.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N28 {1985} Rochette, p 12-13.
O12 {1988} Breen 7602-7604, p 606; 297B[?].
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 709-710 (bio).
O16 {2010} Jordan (Eric) Modern Commemorative Coins … Featuring U.S. Coins from
1982 to Date. Iola, WI: Krause Publications (2010) p 239.
Born Mexico City, Mexico, 19 August, 1938.
Died Los Angeles 27 December 2008.
His 1984 Olympic Dollar coin won a COTY, Coin Of
The Year award (from Krause Publications) for Most
Popular coin (despite widespread criticism of the design,
including the Fine Art Commission's statement the coin
design was "a loser," see O12 Breen, p 606).
C O I N S
1984 Olympic Commemorative Silver Dollar (also known as
Gateway Dollar; Graham was sculptor of original
sculpture at entranceway, also both sides
of this coin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 7602-7604, KM 210
Illustrated: O16 {2010} Jordan, Modern Commems, p . 239
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1970) Whitechapel Art Galley, London. Robert Graham Exhibition. Introduction
by Mark Glazebrook. London: the Gallery 48 pp, illus.
D20 {1971} Cummings: 1971 [2ed:145],
1977 [3ed: ], 1984 [4ed: ],
1988 [5ed: ], 1996 [6ed:285-286].
101 {1972} Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Robert Graham Exhibition. Introduction by
Robert M. Murdock. Dallas: the Museum, 16 pp, illus.
BA {1978} Who's Who In American Art:
1978 [13ed:264], 1980 [14ed:279],
1982 [15ed:358], 1984 [16ed:351],
1986 [17ed:386], 1989 [18ed:405],
1990 [19ed:426], 1992 [20ed:449],
1995 [21ed:463], 1997 [22ed:460],
1999 [23ed:468-429], 2001 [24ed:457],
2003 [25ed:465], 2005 [26ed:493],
2007 [28ed:481].
D32 {1982} Oakland Museum, p 27.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 245.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:552.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N28 {1985} Rochette, p 12-13.
O12 {1988} Breen 7602-7604, p 606; 297B[?].
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 709-710 (bio).
O16 {2010} Jordan (Eric) Modern Commemorative Coins … Featuring U.S. Coins from
1982 to Date. Iola, WI: Krause Publications (2010) p 239.