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Artists›Cecily Brown

Cecily Brown

1969

WA-00003678

London, UK

Contemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ458521

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Cecily Brown: Picture Making

Serpentine Galleries

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Paula-Cooperhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/cecily-brown
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Deitchhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/cecily-brown
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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/cecily-brown
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About

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Movement

Contemporary

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Serpentine Galleries

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Artworks (11)

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Adoration of the Lobster

2023 · Oil on UV-curable pigment on linen

67 × 83 in. (170.2 × 210.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

2015 · Watercolor, ink, pastel, and charcoal on paper

51 3/4 × 78 5/8" (131.4 × 199.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2010 · Oil on canvas

12 1/2 × 17" (31.8 × 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Fair of Face, Full of Woe

2008 · Oil on canvas

each canvas: 17 1/8 × 12 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (43.5 × 32.1 × 3.3 cm) three canvases: 17 1/8 in. × 38 in. × 1 5/16 in. (43.5 × 96.5 × 3.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Arrest

2004 · Softground etching

Image: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (21.9 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 in. × 19 in. (41.9 × 48.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Chairing the Members

2004 · Softground etching on blue paper

Image: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (22.2 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 in. × 19 in. (41.9 × 48.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

2003 · Etching with aquatint, drypoint, and softground etching

23 1/2 × 34 in. (59.7 × 86.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Squint

2002 · Lithograph

Composition: 21 7/8 x 18 1/4" (55.5 x 46.3 cm)

composition 43 7/8 x 33 9/16" (111.5 x 85.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trouble in Paradise

1999 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1908 x 2292 x 51 mm

Tate

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Four Letter Heaven (Animation Cells)

1995 · Watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, and ballpoint pen on twelve pieces of paper

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

11 published of 11 catalogued · 3 with image

MoMA
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The Met
5 published
Tate
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Trouble in Paradise
1999 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

15 assets

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Relationships

Peers & Context9

Marina Adamsco-exhibited Mel Bochnerco-exhibited Peter Doigco-exhibited Carroll Dunhamco-exhibited Chris Ofilico-exhibited Elizabeth Peytonco-exhibited

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Serpentine Galleries Christie's David Zwirner

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Serpentine Galleries

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Slade School of Fine Art

Visual Arts

Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College

Visual Arts

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Unrepeated

2022

Exhibition Cecily Brown: Picture Making