Robert Lostutter (born 1939) is a

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-based artist. He was a member of the

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, a breakaway group of surrealist iconoclasts from the

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who showed in the Hyde Park Art Center in 1969 and later. His meticulous

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depict human-bird hybrids.

Publications

In 1964 Lostutter illustrated "The Things That Are", a book of poems for children by

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, published by the Reilly & Lee Company of Chicago.

Collections

Robert Lostutter's art is in the collections of: * Art Institute of Chicago * Brooklyn Museum *

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, Normal, Illinois *

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* Museum of Contemporary Art,

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, Illinois *

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, Illinois

References

James Yood writes about Robert Lostutter
in

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