Tara Downs

Estate of Budd Hopkins

Biography

Budd Hopkins (1931-2011) gained his BFA from Oberlin College, OH, in 1953. His work is held in the collections of numerous public and private institutions internationally, including: The British Museum, London; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; De Cordova Museum, Boston; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among many others.

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Guardians, 2024. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Guardian, 1981. Signed on verso, Oil on canvas, 87 × 52 1/2 in / 221 × 133,3 cm

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Guardians, 2024. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Guardian XV, 1980. Title on verso, Oil on wood, 52 1/2 × 20 × 1 1/2 in / 133,3 × 50,8 × 3,8 cm

Budd Hopkins, City Slant, 1974. Acrylic on canvas, 35 × 26 in / 88,9 × 66 cm

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Guardians, 2024. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Scorpio Series (Scorpius Constellation), ca. 1970's. Oil on canvas, 14 3/4 × 21 in / 37,465 × 53,34 cm

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Third Street Red, 2018. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Scorpio III, 1972. Oil on canvas, 57 x 70 inches / 144,7 x 177,8 cm

Budd Hopkins, Tropaz, 1969. Oil on canvas, 80 × 65 inches / 203,2 × 165,1 cm

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Third Street Red, 2018. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Sun Mobile, 1972. Oil on canvas and wood, ø 16 inches / 40,6 cm central canvas (total dimensions variable)

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Third Street Red, 2018. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Hera’s Wall Temple, 1978. Acrylic on canvas, 81 × 104 × 4 inches / 205,7 × 264,1 × 10,1 cm

Budd Hopkins, Hera’s Wall Temple, 1978 (alternative view). Acrylic on canvas, 81 × 104 × 4 inches / 205,7 × 264,1 × 10,1 cm

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Third Street Red, 2018. Tara Downs, New York.

Budd Hopkins, Third Street Red, 1974. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 37 1/2 × 32 inches / 95,2 × 81,3 cm

Budd Hopkins, White City Wall, 1974. Oil on canvas, 81 × 77 inches / 205,7 × 195,6 cm

Budd Hopkins, Sun Tondo, 1972. Oil on canvas, ø 20 inches / 50,8 cm

Budd Hopkins, Grey Wall, 1971. Oil on canvas, 96 × 155 inches / 243,8 × 393,7 cm

Budd Hopkins, Grey Wall, 1971 (detail). Oil on canvas, 96 × 155 inches / 243,8 × 393,7 cm

Budd Hopkins, Aquarius V, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 52 × 38 inches / 132,1 × 96,5 cm (framed)

Budd Hopkins, Gallatin’s Drive VIII, 1976. Acrylic on canvas, 25 1/4 × 62 1/2 inches / 64 × 158,7 cm

Budd Hopkins, Astor Place, 1978. Acrylic on canvas, 47 1/2 × 81 inches / 120,6 × 205,7 cm

Budd Hopkins, City Three, 1974. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 22 × 36 inches / 55,9 × 91,4 cm

Budd Hopkins, Study for Virgo, 1985. Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 35 × 45 inches / 88,9 × 114,3 cm

Exhibition view of Budd Hopkins: Full Circle 2017. Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA.

Biography

Budd Hopkins (1931-2011) gained his BFA from Oberlin College, OH, in 1953. His work is held in the collections of numerous public and private institutions internationally, including: The British Museum, London; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; De Cordova Museum, Boston; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among many others.