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2015
Zeiger, Christine, "Artist Robert Bassler gives more than an elementary view of water in new exhibit", Examiner.com, AXS-Arts, Jan.22, 2015, Ill.

2014
Willick, Damon, "Valley Vista-1970-1990" Exhibition Catalog, Angel City Press, 2014 Pgs.33, 123 Ill.

"The Transparent Sculptures of Robert C. Bassler - Origins and Transitions" Mixbook Press, 2014, Ill.

"The Triangular and Pyramidal Art of Robert C. Bassler -Origins and Transitions" Mixbook Press, 2014, Ill.

The Early Sculptures of Robert C. Bassler - A Selection from 1954-1968" Mixbook Press, 2014, Ill.

"Paintings by Robert C. Bassler - A Selection from 1954-2014 Mixbook Press, 2014, Ill.

2010
"Who's Who in American Art" 2011, 31st Edition, Marquis Who'sWho.

Kienholz, Lynn, "L.A.Rising:SoCal Artists Before 1980" Calif. Arts Foundation, pg.51- Ill.

Tieger, H., Fleming, T.,"Bard In Black and White", exhibition catalog, Pgs 6-7, Ill.

2009
Bessina Harrar, "BLITHWOOD, A History Of Place", Bluebird Press, 2009, text pg.89; Ill. Pgs. 47, 48

2008
"Hudson River Valley Heritage" (HRVH) website - "Seclusion" original fountain Photo,
text and links - Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, © 2008

2007
Lewis, Louise, "Opposition Burst", "Robert C. Bassler, " - EDGE, CSUN Art Galleries, Exhibition Catalog, Ill.

Bassler, Robert, "The Camarillo Triptych" - THE BUZZ, City of Camarillo Newsletter, Aug. 2007 - pgs. 1 & 3. ill. pg. 1

Bassler, Robert, "John Bard Society News" - BARDIAN - Bard College Summer, 2007- pgs. 78-79, Ill. pgs.58 & 79

2006
"Class Notes" BARDIAN - Bard College, Summer, 2006. pg. 63

2005
Barnes, Molly, "The First 80 Years (1925-2005)" LOS ANGELES ART ASSOCIATION Exhibition Catalog, Ill. pg 6

2001
Aitchison, James "The Middle Years (1946-1960)" CHOUINARD, A LIVING LEGACY, Exhibition Catalog, Ill. pg. 39

Krammes, Barry, "Lift High The Cross" SEEN, The Journal of CIVA - LITURGICAL ARTS, Processional Cross, Ill. pg 1 , Vol. II 2001

Class Notes, "'57", THE BARDIAN, Bard College, Summer 2001, page 28

1999
Woodard, Josef - "Fun House Attitude"- "Medium at Large" - LOS ANGELES TIMES, Valley Life, pg. 6, May 28, 1999

1998
Kroll, John, "State of the Art - A Duel Consideration of Science and Art" - NORTHRIDGE, Calif. State Univ. Northridge, Spring 1998, Vol IV, No. 2, Cover, pp. 18-20, Ill.

Alumni News, 1960, USC TROJAN FAMILY MAGAZINE, Summer, 1998

Class Notes, 1957, THE BARDIAN, Bard College, Spring 1998, page 35

1997
Emanuelli, Sharon K. "Robert Bassler, Changing Light", Essay. Exhibition Catalog, ROBERT BASSLER, CHANGING LIGHT, pp. 14-38, Ill.

McMillen, Michael C., "Realms Not Yet Imagined" and "A Conversation with Robert Bassler" ROBERT BASSLER, CHANGING LIGHT, Exhibition Catalog, pp. 6-13, Ill.

Lewis, Louise, "Acknowledgments", Exhibition Catalog ROBERT BASSLER, CHANGING LIGHT, pp. 4-5, Ill

Woodard, Josef, "Art - Multiple Personalities" LOS ANGELES TIMES, Weekend Calendar, pg. 44, September 11, 1997, Ill.

Johnson, Reed, Art - "Honing Science to Art via Bassler", DAILY NEWS, pg. 29, August 29, 1997, Ill.

1996
Bassler, Robert, Exhibition Catalog, "Robert Bassler, Sculpture" ART FACULTY , Art Galleries, Department of Art, College of Arts, Media and Communication, California State University, Northridge, Sept. 1996, Ill.

1995
Kroll, John, "Does Valley Art Reflect Valley Life?" NORTHRIDGE, California State University, Northridge, May 1995

Appleford, Steve, "'Earth' Exhibit a Natural", LOS ANGELES TIMES, "Valley Life - Art", pg. 4, February 24, 1995, Ill.

1994
Natloulas, John, Exhibition Catalog, The International Contemporary Art Fair, ART '94 LOS ANGELES, pp. 30-31 Ill.

1993
Jurey, Mark E., Introduction to ART PROCESSES, "Modular Structures", "Visual Thinking" Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co. pp. 112 , 113, 119, Ill.

Laski, Beth, "Sculptor Carves Celtic Cross...", DAILY NEWS, March 20, 1993, Ill.

Bassler, R & L, "Kirk O'the Valley Installs New Celtic Cross" NEWS of the PRESBYTERY of SAN FERNANDO, Spring 1993, pg. 3, Ill.

Class Notes, 1957, ANNANDALE, Bard College, Winter, 1993-94, pg.53

1992
Bassler, Robert, Exhibition Catalog - Introductory Statement as Host Artist ART CATALOG , ARA 17th Congress

Exhibition, CSUN, June 1992, pg. 2, Ill.

1990
Class Notes, 1957, ANNANDALE, Bard College, Spring 1990, pg. 30

1988
Donohue, Marlena, Reviews, "California, Robert Bassler" Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles,

SCULPTURE Magazine,March/April 1988, Vol. 7 No. 2, pg. 32, Ill.

Garris, Laurie, "The Marriage of Art and Science", ARTWEEK, January 30, 1988, pp. 5-6, Ill.

Curtis, Cathy, "The Galleries", LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 22, 1988

1986
Marter, Joan, "Sculptures & Wall Constructions" THE SECURITY PACIFIC COLLECTION, 1970-1985

SELECTED WORKS, Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California, pp. 196, 202, Ill.

Perine, Robert, "Portfolio, The Last Years", CHOUINARD; AN ART VISION BETRAYED, Artra Pub. Inc. pg. 234, Ill.

Martin, Tovah, "Blithwood: The Continuing Story of a Garden" BARD PERSPECTIVES, Bard College Bulletin, Feb. 1986 Vol. 125 #3, pp. 13-16, Ill.

Bassler, Robert, "Bardians Remember Blithwood Garden" (letter) BARD PERSPECTIVES, Bard College Bulletin, April. 1986 Vol. 125 #4, pg. 25, Ill.

1985
Bassler, Robert, "Contemporary Sculpture. Downtown L.A." Photo essay, THE CONTEMPORARY, M.o.C.A.

Winter-Spring, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 1, Ill.

Bassler, Robert, "Sculpture in Little Tokyo", Photo essay, THE CONTEMPORARY, M.o.C.A., Los Angeles, 1985

1984
Danieli, Fidel, "Los Angeles Art, 1950 - 1975", Exhibition Catalogue: A BROAD SPECTRUM, The Design Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

Bassler, Robert, "Downtown Los Angeles: Bunker Hill Sculpture", SCULPTORS INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 2-4, Ill.

1983
Miller, Tressa R. Exhibition Catalogue: URBAN SCULPTURE - ARCHITECTURAL CONCERNS Security Pacific National Bank

Brown, Betty, "Sculpture in the City" ARTWEEK, Nov. 12, 1983, Ill.

Lubas, Ken, "Modern Skyline" (photo) METRO, LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec 11, 1983

1981
Starrels, J. Ianco, Exhibition Catalogue: CLIFFWALL, METAMORPHOSIS OF AN IMAGE, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Lewis, Louise, Exhibition Catalogue: CLIFFWALL, METAMORPHOSIS OF AN IMAGE, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Bonner, Kathleen, "Explorations of Ephemerality", ARTWEEK, Feb. 21, 1981, Ill.

Muchnic, Suzanne, "A Show of 'Process' by Robert Bassler" LOS ANGELES TIMES, Calendar, Feb, 27, 1981

Riedy, James, 'Sculpture and Architecture", CHICAGO SCULPTURE, Univ.of Illinois Press, 1981, pgs. 110-111, Ill.

1980
Roukes, Nicholas, MASTERS OF WOOD SCULPTURE, Watson- Guptill, N.Y., 1980, pg. 179, Ill.

1979
Mueller, G.A., "Robert Bassler" CAST RESIN SCULPTURE - FIVE LOS ANGELES ARTISTS: 1965 - 1972, M.A. Thesis, California State University Northridge, pp. 83-101, Ill.

Lewis, Louise, "Robert Bassler" Exhibition catalogue: MODES AND MATERIALS, California State University Northridge, Feb., 1979

Anonymous, "Wood Carving Exhibit", THE SUN AND BREEZE, San Fernando, California, Feb. 28, 1979

Anonymous, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, Marquis Who's Who Publications Anonymous, WHO'S WHO IN THE WEST, Marquis Who's Who Publications

Anonymous, "Faculty Award Winners Honored", INSIGHT Magazine California State University Northridge, March 1979

Anonymous, "Wood Forms by Three Artists" NEWS CHRONICLE, Thousand Oaks, California, Nov. 23, 1979

1978
Roukes, Nicholas, SCULPTURE IN PLASTICS, (revised and enlarged edition) Watson-Guptill, New York, 1978, pp. 165, 172. Ill.

1977
Lubas, Ken, "Modern Skyline", LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 31, 1977, Ill.

Lewis, Louise, "Art Park - Los Angeles", ARTWEEK, April 23, 1977, Ill.

Anonymous, "Arts Park Concept", LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 27, 1977

Anonymous, "People", VALLEY NEWS, Van Nuys, California, March 30, 1977, Ill.

1976
Bassler, Robert C, "Lenticular Polyester Resin Sculpture - Transparency & Light", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE Elden C. Teft, ed., National Sculpture Center, University of Kansas, pp. 35-47, Ill.

Robert Bassler, Roger Bolomey, Howard Jones, Joe Moss, Jaques Schnier, John Whitney, "Light, Sound, Motion Round Table", in op. cit., pp. 103-116

Cirigliano, Linda, "The Art of Change", BURBANK DAILY REVIEW, Nov. 11, 1976

1974
Reis, Iris, "Cosmic Perspective - Approaching the Universe Through Art", MERCURY Magazine, III, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 1974, Ill.

Spencer, Harold, THE IMAGE MAKER - MAN & HIS ART, Chapter 2, "Continuity and Renewal: Tradition and Invention in Art" Scribners, N.Y. pp. 48-50, Ill.

1972
Wykes - Joyce, Max, Exhibition Review: "Around London Galleries" INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, June 23, 1972

Heard, James, Review: "Bassler, Cartier, Wagner at the American Embassy" ARTS REVIEW Magazine, London, June, 1972

Bassler, Robert C. , "Lenticular Polyester Resin Sculpture - Transparency & Light", LEONARDO Magine, F.J.Malina, ed., Pergamon Press, Oxford, V, No. 3, pp. 193-198, Ill.

H.O., Exhibition Review, DER TAGESSPIEGAL/FEUILLETON, Mar. 17, 1972

Anonymous, Exhibition catalogue: ROBERT BASSLER, JOHN CARTIER, GORDON WAGNER United States Embassy, London, England, 1972

Anonymous, Exhibition catalogue: "SALON DE MAI", L'Association du Salon de Mai, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France, May, 1972

1971
Wilson, William, Review: "Caltech Gallery Inaugurated", LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 7, 1971, Ill.

Smith, David, Exhibition Catalogue: ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE - Alexander, Bassler, Elder, Pashgian, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Ill.

Newton, Kriston, "Robert Bassler Interviewed", ARTWEEK, June 12, 1971, Ill.

Malone, Lee, Exhibition Catalogue: TRANSPARENT & TRANSLUCENT ART, *The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1971, Ill.

DeGroat, George, Review: "Caltech Resident Artists Not Bound by Routine" PASADENA STAR NEWS, June, 1971

Canavier, Elena, Review: "The Art Scene - Baxter Art Gallery" THE RECORD LEDGER, May 27, 1971

1970

Anonymous, DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, Editions 1970-2003

Pincus-Witten, Robert. Review: "New York - Plastic Presence", ARTFORUM VIII, No. 5, January, 1970

Wilson, William, Review: "Bassler's Sculpture in Occidental Show" LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 23, 1970

Perkins, Constance, Exhibition Catalogue: ROBERT BASSLER, SCULPTURE, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1970

1969
Atkinson, Tracy, Exhibition Catalogue: A PLASTIC PRESENCE, Milwaukee Art Center, 1969, Ill.

Armstrong, L., Review: "Los Angeles, Robert Bassler at Molly Barnes" ART NEWS, 68, November, 1969

Seldis, Henry J. , Review: "In the Galleries" LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 1969

1968
Anonymous, Photograph "Anatome S II" CENTURION, L.A. TIMES, April 25, 1968

1966

Hopkins, Henry, "Monumental Sculpture at Century City" ALCOA NEWS, April, 1966

Seldis, Henry J., Review: "Sculpture Survey at Valley College" LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 9, 1966

Anonymous Photograph "Art Exhibited", LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 6, 1966

Anonymous Photograph "Anatome S II" WESTERN REVIEW III, No. 2, Winter, 1966

1965
Wilson William, Review: "In the Galleries - Silly Title But a Fine Show" LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 31, 1965

1964
DeGre, Muriel, BARD -ST.STEPHEN'S ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Cover, Vol. 7, #2, May, 1964, Ill.

1963
Seldis, Henry J, "In the Galleries - Artist Reaches Top Ranking", LOS ANGELES TIMES, September, 1963

Nordland, Gerald, Review: "Robert Bassler at Comara Gallery", ARTFORUM Magazine, 1963

Langsner, Jules, Review: Los Angeles", ART NEWS, December, 1963

Seldis, Henry J., Review: "Houston", ARTFORUM, I, No. 8, Feb. 1963, Ill.

Anonymous, "Volar II", Photograph in "A Portfolio of California Sculptors", ARTFORUM Magazine, II, No. 11, August, 1963

Adams, Donald (Ed.), "IMPROMPTU" Occidental College, 1963, Ill. Drawings, Title & frontispiece, Sculpture, pgs. 33/34

1962
Nordland, Gerald, Exhibition Catalogue: SCULPTURE - ARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - XII, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1962, Ill.

Smith, Vic, Review: "Arts of Southern California XII - Sculpture" ARTFORUM Magazine, I, No. 7, 1962

Seldis, Henry J., Review: "In the Galleries:" "Sculptor Reflects Superior Artristry", LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 9, 1962