Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert W. Kelly

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The result was keep. Needs some work, though. Tone 12:43, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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Nothing approaching WP:ARTIST. JaGa^talk 22:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
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Comment What about "(d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums"? Ty 01:48, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Keep he's notable, represented by several first-rate galleries in New York, San Francisco, and elsewhere; and has several exhibitions, he's an artist in good collections; but the article needs work...Modernist (talk) 22:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Delete No sufficient sources available (I can't even find anything noteworthy) to establish notability. There are many artists who are exhibited in galleries and museums, but about whom little to nothing is written. To be included in Wikipedia, an artist must be documented sufficiently enough in credible and legitimate secondary sources. The criteria for inclusion have not been fulfilled here. Laval (talk) 07:20, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

:*Repeated, as yet unanswered, question per WP:ARTIST: what about "(d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums"? Ty 03:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Keep per my comments above. The artist sufficiently satisfies notability by his exhibition record and inclusions in important museum permanent collections including: The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Smith College Art Museum, Northampton MA; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutger’s University, NJ; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL and The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA...the article clearly needs work but the guy is notable. If you go to his website he's posted in News a couple of reviews - one recent review from Artnews...Modernist (talk) 14:49, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Keep per Modernist. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:39, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Keep per Modernist. Here's a search of Artnet.[http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22robert+kelly%22+site%3Awww.artnet.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a] Work has also been sold at major auction houses Bonhams and Christies. See [http://www.artprice.com Artprice] (pay site). One online here.[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5028035&sid=8dc81588-78ce-412a-a541-17eefd771159] Ty 03:12, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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