Untitled (big circle)
2015 · Aquatint
plate (irreg.): 22 5/8 × 16 13/16" (57.4 × 42.7 cm); sheet: 29 3/16 × 22 7/8" (74.2 × 58.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Tomma Abts
1967
WA-00000718
Painting
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
22
Works in Collection
47
Assets Indexed
13
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0
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90%
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3 cross-verified · 3 single-source
- Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
- LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
- DeceasedUnknown· 20%
Source Registry (4)
- ZwirnerTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- David-ZwirnerTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Aic ExhibitionsTier 3 · Scraped/inferred70%
About
Why this artist matters now
Tomma Abts creates small-scale abstract oil paintings in which gestural marks, geometric forms, and luminous color fields emerge through deliberate layering and erasure. Her work refuses legibility or narrative closure, instead constructing visual experiences of spatial and chromatic complexity within intimate dimensions. Based in London, Abts develops each painting through accumulated decisions rather than predetermined composition, allowing form and color to negotiate their own relationships across the canvas surface.
Source: Zwirner · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (22)
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Artwork sources (4)
22 published of 38 catalogued · 37 with image
- MoMA15 publishedof 31 catalogued31 img
- Art Institute Chicago3 published3 img
- Tate3 published3 img
- The Met1 published
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3 entries · 1 sources
- 2004 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 2008 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 2010 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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54Institutional
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David Zwirner
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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