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Artists›Bernar Venet

Bernar Venet

1941

WA-00009078

Chateau-Arnoux, France

Conceptual Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ545445

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyUnknown· 20%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Perrotinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/bernar-venet
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/bernar-venet
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6127
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Conceptual Art

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (23)

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Study for Le Repos de l’arme

2000 · Ink on photo reproduction

22 1/2 × 25 3/8" (57.2 × 64.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

6 Grand Arc de 66.50 (Project for the Diamede Island)

1989 · Gelatin silver print, ink, and felt-tip pen on paper

11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Line

1981 · Lithograph in black on white wove paper

50.3 × 65.6 cm (19 13/16 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arcs

1981 · Lithograph in black on white wove paper

50.3 × 65.6 cm (19 13/16 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Angles

1981 · Lithograph in black on white wove paper

50.5 × 66 cm (19 15/16 × 26 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Positions of Two Arcs of 203.5° and 226.5°

1978 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, in two parts

62 3/4" (159.5 cm) in diameter and 43 3/4" (110.8 cm) in diameter

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

1966, 1967, 1969, 1970

1972 · Portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints

Various dimensions

Museum of Modern Art

[Exploited Subjects]

1970 · Letterpress printed on matboard with metal rings

8.1 × 8.1 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Exploited Subjects from Artists & Photographs

1970 · Artist's book, offset printed, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

page (each): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16" (18.1 × 18.2 cm); overall (closed): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16 × 9/16" (18.1 × 18.2 × 1.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exploited Subjects from Artists & Photographs

1970 · Artist's book, offset printed, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

page (each): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16" (18.1 × 18.2 cm); overall (closed): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16 × 9/16" (18.1 × 18.2 × 1.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Exploited Subjects from Artists & Photographs

1968 · Artist's book, offset printed, from a portfolio of 19 printed objects

page: 7 3/16 x 7 3/16" (18.2 x 18.2 cm); overall: 7 3/16 x 7 3/16 x 9/16" (18.2 x 18.2 x 1.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Astrophysics from S.M.S. No. 6

1968 · Multiple of LP in offset printed sleeve

Folder: 7 x 8 1/8" (17.8 x 20.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Time Spectrum of Coincidences Between Electrons and Gamma Rays

1967 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

71 5/8 x 71 7/8" (181.9 x 182.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

23 published of 42 catalogued · 34 with image

MoMA
19 publishedof 38 catalogued30 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img

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Images

13 assets

Artsy

Three indeterminate Lines by Bernar Venet in HK

Wikimedia Commons

Three indeterminate Lines by Bernar Venet

Wikimedia Commons

Logotype rétrospective Bernar Venet (MAC, Lyon, 2018)

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

Movements1

Conceptual Art

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

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Christie's

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