Robert LaVigne  (mid 20th)

Signature Example
I recently purchased an oil painting of a beautiful wave crashing against a bluff, through the waves sunlight can be seen., It's a very dark painting, but lots of orange from sun in sky. You can guess at it being sunrise or sunset. It has mist from the water above the wave. The painting is quite breathtaking. It's signed LaVigne "87" Does anyone have an example of his signature? I really would appreciate it. Thank you.

Keith Sanzenbach, do you know him?
I recently came across some awesome ink drawings of this artist. Does anyone know about him. The only think I was able to find out was that he lived at University Avenue in Syracuse, NY in the early 50's. He also might have been exhibiting in 1975: "Art as a Muscular Principle: Ten Artists & San Francisco 1950-1965," Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, but I am not sure.
Any ideas how I could find out more about this man?

Robert
I knew him when i lived in seattle in the early-mid '90s. We spent a lot of time together in his apt. above pike place market. He's a great man. He's wonderful. I miss him.

Robert LaVigne
Met Robert in 1961 and have visited him as recently as 2005 in Seattle.

Have lost touch as he was doing a forced temporary move as his place is being retrofitted.

Own two beautiful oils, from 80's "Brownout" and Dream Study-one watercolor.

Please let me know if anyone has heard anything about him recently. We had been communicating several times a month. I know his health was not good.

Latif Harris
San Francisco

Have LaVigne sketch from 1980 in Spokane...
Hi,
Robert did this small drawing with a reference to "Murasaki" for me, after attending a party of mine and voicing disproval of my artistic efforts (I agree with his accessments).
any insight would be appreciated...
- mike e.

Is Robert La Vigne still alive?
I would like to get more information about Robert La Vigne from 2001 and on.
Thank you

Robert La Vigne
ROBERT LA VIGNE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ------------------ JOSEPH H. HIRSCHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington, D.C. KATEDRALSKOL The Reidar Wennesland Collection Kristiansand, Norway CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR San Francisco,The Achenbach Collection Bequest of Georges de Batz HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER Austin, Texas The Robert Lowell Collection THE OAKLAND MUSEUM Oakland, California BRYANT LIBRARY OF THE LIBRARIES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York: The Robert La Vigne Collection CHENEY COWLES MEMORIAL MUSEUM Spokane, Washington MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Amherst, Massachusetts Gift of Reidar Wennesland SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART San Jose, California ROBERT LA VIGNE EXHIBITIONS ----------- 2000 Jan Van der Donk (Group) New York 2000 Basil Hallward Gallery Portland, Oregon 1998 Black Lab Gallery Seattle, Washington 1996 Robert Koch (with Allen Ginsberg) San Francisco, California 1996 REBELS; PAINTERS The National Portrait Gallery AND POETS OF THE 1950’s (Group) Washington, D. C. 1995 BEAT CULTURE AND THE NEW Whitney Museum of American AMERICA: 1950–1965 (Group) Art, New York 1996 BEAT CULTURE…Traveling Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota 1996 BEAT CULTURE…Travelling H.M. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California 1994 BEAT ART (Group) 80 Washington Square East Galleries 1988 Hundredwaters Seattle, Washington 1982 KEROUACIANA (Group) Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, Colorado 1977 John Pence Gallery San Francisco, California 1975 BEAT ART (Group) Columbia University, New York 1975 ART AS A MUSCULAR PRINCIPLE (Group) MountHolyoke College Amherst, Massachusetts 1973 California Institute of the Arts Valencia, California 1971 Star Turtle New York 1969 UNBOUND THE JOURNAL Gotham Book Mart Galleries New York 1964 Paula Johnson (now Paula Cooper) New York 1963 Batman San Francisco, California 1961 THE BLACK ART OF ROBERT LA VIGNE The Enigma San Francisco, California 1958 The Lion San Francisco, California 1955 THE DANGEROUS GARDEN OF ROBERT LA VIGNE The Place San Francisco, California 1954 John Keller San Francisco, California 1953 John Keller San Francisco, California ROBERT LA VIGNE BOOKS, BROADSIDES ----------------- 2000 Robert La Vigne CYBERLITHS Abaton Press Newton, NJ 1977 Allen Ginsberg LUMINOUS DREAMS Zasterle Press Gran Canaria, Spain 1993 Jack Kerouac OLD ANGEL MIDNIGHT Grey Fox Press San Francisco 1993 Jack Kerouac GOOD BLONDE & OTHERS Grey Fox Prress San Francisco 1971 Allen Ginsberg HOWL Grabjorn Hoyem San Francisco 1970 A CATERPILLAR ANTHOLOGY Doubleday, New York 1970 Jack Kerouac SCRIPTURE OF THE GOLDEN ETERNITY Throdore Wilentz New York 1969 Jack Kerouac A LAST HAIKU Portents New York 1965 Charles Olsen HUMAN UNIVERSE Auerhahn Society San Francisco 1965 Allen Ginsberg KRAL MAJALES Oyez,Berkeley 1963 Allen Ginsberg A STRANG NEW COTTAGE IN BERKELEY Grabhorn, San Francisco 1961 Kenneth Rexroth ASSAYS New Directions New York 1960 Philip Whalen MEMOIRS OF AN INTERGLACIAL AGE Auerhahn Press San Francisco 1959 Philip Lamantia EKSTASIS Auerhahn Press San Francisco 1958 John Wieners THE HOTEL WENTLEY POEMS Auerhahn Press San Francisco ROBERT LA VIGNE THEATRICAL DESIGNS ------------------ 1959 Samuel Beckett ENDGAME (Setting) Directed by: Herbert Blau Encore Theatre 1959 Eugene Ionesco JACK (Setting & Costumes) Directed by Robert Symonds Encore Theater San Francissco 1960 Samuel Beckett KRAPP’S LAST TAPE (Setting and Costumes) Directed by Robert Symonds Encore Theater San Francisco 1960 Edward Albee THE ZOO STORY (Setting abd Costumes) Directed by Jules Irving Encore Theater, San Francissco 1960 Ben Jonson THE ALCHEMIST (Setting) Directed by Herbert Blau Marines Memorial Theater San Francisco 1961 William Shakespeare KING LEAR (Setting and Costumes) Directed by Herbert Blau Marines Memorial Theater San Francisco 1961 John Arden SERGEANT MUSGRAVE’S DANCE (Setting and Costumes) Directd by Herbert Blau Marines Memorial Theater San Francisco 1961 Anton Chekov THE THREE SISTERS (Setting and Costumes) Directed by Robert Symonds Marines Memorial Theater San Francisco 1963 Group Creation TRANSFORMATION (with Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender) University of Vancouver, British Columbia 1963 Jean Genet THE BALCONY (Setting and Costumes) Directed by Herbert Blau Marines Memorial Theater San Francisco 1965* Bertoldt Brecht EDWARD II Directed by John Hancock Marines Memorial Theater San Francisco 1966 William Shakespeare A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM [with Jim Dine] (Setting and Costumes) Directed by John Hancock San Francisco 1966 Bertolt Brecht A MAN’S A MAN (Setting) Marc Estrin Encore Theater San Francisco 1966 Bertoldt Brecht A MAN’S A MAN Directed by John Hancock (Setting) Pittsburgh Playhouse Pittsburgh, Pa 1957 William Shakespeare A MIDSUMMEER NIGHT'S DREAM ** [with Jim Dine] (Setting and Costumes) Directed by John Hancock Theatre de Lys New York 1967* Pablo Picasso DESIRE CAUGHT BY THE TAIL (Costumes) Bennington College 1968* Robert Lowell Directed by John Hancock (Costumes) ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS** American Place Theatre New York 1972 Group Creation DANCE with Remy Charlip, Maria Irene Fornes (Setting, Costumes & Lights) London Contemporary Dance Theatre London, England 1974 Len Jenkin THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JESSE JAMES Directed by Jeff Blechner (Setting and Costumes) Mark Taper Forum Los Angeles, CA 1977 Tennessee Williams THE TWO CHARACTER PLAY Directed by John Hancock (settin and Costumes) The Callboard Theater Los Angeles 1983 Len Jenkin MY UNCLE SAM Directed by Len Jenkin Seattle Repertory Theater Seattle, Washington * American Premiere ** OBIE Award for Best Design

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ROBERT LAVIGNE
LIVING IN SEATTLE