Robert Miller (April 17, 1939 – June 22, 2011) was an American art dealer. Miller was born in

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in 1939. After an MFA from

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in 1963, he began his career in NYC as an artist; but by 1966 gave that up to become an art dealer. He worked for twelve years as an assistant to the art dealer

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. In 1977 he opened his own gallery on

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with his wife, Betsy Wittenborn Miller; it later moved to the

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on East 57th Street, and then to 26th Street in

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.He showed work by the artists

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and

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, and by photographers such as Jan Groover,

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" The New York ...

, and Bruce Weber. He retired in 2002, and died on June 22, 2011, aged 72, at his home in

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, from an infection.William Grimes (June 26, 2011)
Robert Miller, Manhattan Art Dealer, Dies at 72
''The New York Times''. Accessed August 2018.

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reflecting on her friend

thought Miller was a mentor to him. Robert Miller, Maverick Art Dealer and Mapplethorpe Mentor, Dead at 72 L magazine
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References

External links

Robert Miller Gallery Closes Chelsea Space, ArtNews

Miller Time, Charlie Finch, Artnet magazine
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