Robert Lostutter

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Robert Lostutter

Untitled
1971
oil on canvas
66 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 16, 2022, watercolor on paper, 14 x 14 inches, 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 12, 2022, watercolor on paper, 14 x 14 inches, 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 1, 2022, watercolor on paper, 14 x 14 inches, 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 3, 2022, watercolor on paper, 14 x 14 inches, 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 9, 2021, 10 x 10 inches, 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 7, 2021, 10 x 10 inches, 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 10, 2020, graphite on paper, 9 1/4 x 9 inches, 19 x 18 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, The Songs of War 17, 2021, graphite on paper, 9 1/4 x 9 inches, 19 x 18 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter, In the Garden of Earthly Delights, 2021, graphite on paper, 18 x 18 inches, 27 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches, framed.

Robert Lostutter

Kyōsei 1 Deep Night Garden
2018
graphite on paper
17 1/4 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter

Kyōsei 2 Deep Night Garden
2018
graphite on paper
17 1/4 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter

Kyōsei 19
2018
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter

Kyōsei 20
2018
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter

Kyōsei 24
2018
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter

Kyōsei 25
2018
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter

Garden 3
2016
graphite on paper
11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches

Robert Lostutter

Morning Garden
2016
graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 34 inches
signed bottom right

Robert Lostutter

Masdevallia
2015
watercolor and graphite on paper
9 x 7 inches and 9 x 8 inches
signed lower right

Robert Lostutter

Garden 1
2015
graphite on paper
11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
signed lower right

Robert Lostutter

Garden 2
2015
graphite on paper
11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
signed lower right

Robert Lostutter

Twilight Garden
2015
graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 18 inches
signed bottom right

Robert Lostutter

Garden of Opiates 13
2015
graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 27 inches
signed bottom right

Robert Lostutter

Night Garden
2015
graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 31 inches
signed bottom right

Robert Lostutter

Evening Garden
2015
graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 35 inches

Robert Lostutter

Midnight Garden
2015
graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches

Robert Lostutter

Garden of Opiates 11
2014
graphite on paper
7 x 7 inches

Robert Lostutter

Garden of Opiates 10
2012
watercolor on paper
18 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter

Garden of Opiates 9
2012
watercolor on paper
18 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter

Garden of Opiates 2
2012
watercolor on paper
18 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter

Garden of Opiates 6
2011
watercolor on paper
18 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter

Flemish Cloth
2011
watercolor on paper
18 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter
Garden of Opiates 1
2011
watercolor on paper
18 x 18 inches

Robert Lostutter
Garden of Opiates 3
2010
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter
Garden of Opiates 7
2011
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter
Garden of Opiates 5
2011
graphite on paper
10 x 10 inches

Robert Lostutter

Orchidlip
2007
watercolor and graphite on paper
4 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Robert Lostutter
Lust
2007
watercolor and graphite on paper
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1994
watercolor and pencil on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1989
watercolor and pencil on paper
8 3/4 x 11 inches

Robert Lostutter

The Watch
1987
graphite on canvas
17 3/4 x 51 inches

Robert Lostutter

Fork-Tailed Woodnymph and Glow-Throated Hummingbird
1983
watercolor on paper
6 x 15 inches

Robert Lostutter

Stepdance 2
1976
watercolor on paper
15 x 17 inches

Robert Lostutter
The Birds of Heaven (Masked Tityra)
1975
ink and graphite on paper
4 x 4 inches

Robert Lostutter

Map to the Morning Dance 3
1973
oil on canvas
66 x 43 1/2 inches

Robert Lostutter

Untitled
1972
oil on canvas
60 x 49 inches

Robert Lostutter

How Much More Time?
1972
oil on canvas
51 x 49 inches
signed lower

Robert Lostutter

Untitled
1971
watercolor and graphite on Arches paper
7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches

Robert Lostutter

Untitled
1971
watercolor on paper
12 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches

Robert Lostutter

Untitled
1971
watercolor on paper
19 x 13 1/2 inches

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1970
watercolor and graphite on paper
15 x 11 inches (sheet); 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches (image)

Robert Lostutter

WH 50
1969 - 70
oil on canvas
91 x 56 inches

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1969
watercolor and graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (sheet); 6 x 5 inches (image)

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1969
watercolor and graphite on paper
16 1/4 x 11 inches (sheet); 8 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (image)

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1968
watercolor and graphite on paper
11 x 15 inches (sheet); 8 3/4 x 6 inches (image)

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
1968
watercolor and graphite on paper
10 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches (sheet); 9 x 9 1/4 inches (image)

Robert Lostutter
Untitled
c. 1968
watercolor and graphite on paper
5 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (image size) 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 (paper size)

Robert Lostutter with Untitled (1969)

Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

BIO

b. 1939

Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Lostutter is best known for his brightly colored paintings of mysterious male figures wearing elaborate feathered and flowered masks. However, in the late 1960s and early 1970s Lostutter produced a number of small watercolors and drawings of female subjects where he began to explore many of the elements seen in his later paintings. Inspired by Richard Lindner’s practice of taking trips to Bloomingdale’s and watching women self-consciously trying on clothes, the girls in these watercolors share both the fascination with costume that would come to characterize Lostutter’s later work, and the preoccupation with complicated undergarments held by many of his Imagist colleagues. In contrast to the overt imagery of the women and their clothing, Lostutter also introduces ambiguous surreal elements like a bizarre floating gloved hand, dancing zaps and splashes that are made three-dimensional, and strategically placed, exuberantly blooming flowers.

Lostutter often made these works on paper in preparation for larger paintings on canvas. Lostutter’s watercolors were the subject of a solo exhibition at the Renaissance Society in 1984 and his work has been included in group shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Terra Museum of American Art, and the Corcoran Gallery.

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