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Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton

1922–2011

WA-00000492

PaintingPop ArtPost-ImpressionismContemporary

Representation

None documented

30

Institutional Exhibitions

188

Works in Collection

257

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ159465

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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BERLINART 1961�1987

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

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Around Picasso

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-hamilton
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/richard-hamilton
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2481
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Richard Hamilton yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Pop Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (188)

Beatles

2007 · Digital print on paper

The annunciation

The annunciation

2005 · Digital print on paper

image: 954 x 680 mm

Just what was it that made yesterday’s homes so different, so appealing? (upgrade)

Just what was it that made yesterday’s homes so different, so appealing? (upgrade)

2004 · Digital print on paper

image: 260 x 250 mm support: 420 x 297 mm

Chiara and Chair

2004 · Inkjet (Iris) print

28 7/8 × 42 1/4 in. (73.3 × 107.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Typo/Topography of Marcel Duchamp’s Large Glass

Typo/Topography of Marcel Duchamp’s Large Glass

2003 · 2 digital prints on paper mounted onto aluminium panel

unconfirmed: 2665 x 1700 mm

TiT

2002 · Screenprint on paper

support: 890 x 670 mm

2002 · Screenprint

35 × 26 5/8 in. (88.9 × 67.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Delay in Iron (Retard en fer) from the Museum in Progress project Safety Curtain

2001 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet: 18 1/8 x 11 13/16" (46 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bathroom - fig.2

Bathroom - fig.2

1998 · Digital print on paper

image: 400 x 400 mm

The heaventree of stars

The heaventree of stars

1998 · Digital print on paper

image: 530 x 375 mm

The marriage

1998 · Digital print on paper

image: 650 x 471 mm

A mirrorical return

A mirrorical return

1998 · Digital print on paper

image: 530 x 661 mm

A Mirrorical Return

1998 · Digital print

sheet: 28 7/8 x 35 1/16" (73.3 x 89.1 cm); image: 20 7/8 x 26" (53 x 66 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Dieter Roth

Portrait of Dieter Roth

1998 · Digital print

composition: 15 11/16 x 15 3/4" (39.9 x 40 cm); sheet: 24 13/16 x 22 15/16" (63 x 58.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bathroom- fig.1

Bathroom- fig.1

1997 · Digital print on paper

image: 400 x 400 mm

Derek Jarman

1996 · Digital print on paper

image: 397 x 392 mm

The state

1993 · Oil paint, enamel paint and fabric on cibachrome on 2 canvases

support (1): 2000 x 1000 mm support (2): 2000 x 1000 mm

Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different?

Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different?

1992 · Digital print on paper

image: 176 x 267 mm

Just what was it that made yesterday's homes so different, so appealing?

1992 · Electrophotographic print

16 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (41 × 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

He foresaw his pale body

He foresaw his pale body

1990 · Photo-etching, aquatint and engraving on paper

image: 518 x 375 mm

HOW A GREAT DAILY ORGAN IS TURNED OUT

HOW A GREAT DAILY ORGAN IS TURNED OUT

1990 · Etching, engraving and aquatint on paper

image: 530 x 398 mm

The Orangeman

1990 · Lithograph and enamel on paper

image: 849 x 424 mm

Four Self Portraits - 05.3.81

1990 · Oil paint and enamel on cibachrome print on 4 canvases

support, each: 755 x 754 x 32 mm

The subject

1988 · Oil paint on 2 canvases

support, each: 2000 x 1000 mm

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Artwork sources (5)

188 published of 252 catalogued · 226 with image

Tate
110 published109 img
MoMA
62 publishedof 126 catalogued109 img
Art Institute Chicago
8 published8 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

A Postal Card For Mother
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pin-up (1961)
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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Stage Proof 19
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Palindrome
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
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Beatles
2007 · Tate · 1 prov
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Flower-piece B - crayon study
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
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AAH!(1961)
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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$he
1958 · Tate · 1 prov
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Hommage à Chrysler Corp.
1957 · Tate · 1 prov
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Towards a definitve statement on the coming trends in men’s wear and accessories (c) (1962)
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Richard Hamilton (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Richard II, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare (May 20, 1775 (originally published), published 1809)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thomas Walker and Peter Monamy (c. 1735)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

69

Influence1

Andy Warholinfluence

Peers & Context56

Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Alison Knowlesco-exhibited Jordan Wolfsonco-exhibited Varvara Stepanovaco-exhibited André Bretonco-exhibitedHeinrich Hoerleco-exhibited

Movements3

Pop Art Post-Impressionism Contemporary

Collections9

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

New Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Slade School of Fine Art

Visual Arts

Saint Martin's School of Art

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Varvara Stepanova

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	May 2025	£2,000 – £3,000	Unsold