Overview
Born in Greece but active in both New York and Massachusetts, Nassos Daphnis is known for geometric abstract sculpture. A member of a group of young artists in the 1950’s who broke away from Abstract Expressionism, Daphnis placed a greater emphasis on gestural and expressive brushstrokes and further explored hard edge color that harked back to Piet Mondrian and yet also looked forward to the Minimalist movement.
Exhibitions
Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, 1930 (solo)
Leo Castelli, New York, 1958, 1959 (solo)-1990’s
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, American Abstract Expressionists, 1961
Albright-Knox, Buffalo, New York, 1969 (retrospective)
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York (retrospective)
Andre Zarre Gallery
Museums and Public Collections
Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ann Arbor Art Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Basil Goulandris Museum, Andros, Greece
Boca Raton Museum or Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Butler Institute of American Art
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
Ian Vores Museum, Peonia, Athens, Greece
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Munson-Willliams-Proctor Museum, Utica, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Pittsburgh Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Providence Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah
Whitney Museum of Art, New York City