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Artists›Carmen Herrera

Carmen Herrera

1915

WA-00000851

PaintingHard-Edge PaintingAbstract ExpressionismMinimalism

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None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ522662

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (3)

White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/carmen-herrera
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Lisson-Galleryhttps://www.lissongallery.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/30075
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Carmen Herrera creates geometric abstractions in oil and acrylic, employing bold color fields and precise linear composition to investigate spatial relationships and optical depth. Born in Havana and based in New York from the mid-1950s, her rigorously formal paintings remained largely outside institutional view until late career recognition.

Source: White Cube · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Hard-Edge Painting

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Painting

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Museum Collections

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (2)

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Black and White

2009 · Screenprint

Sheet: 27 9/16 × 32 5/8 in. (70 × 82.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Blanco y Verde

1959 · Acrylic on canvas

Overall: 68 1/8 × 60 1/2 in. (173 × 153.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Artwork sources (2)

2 published of 17 catalogued · 14 with image

Whitney
2 published
+ 1 more source · 15 catalogued, not yet published

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Movements3

Hard-Edge Painting Abstract Expressionism Minimalism

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Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's Lisson Gallery

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Lisson Gallery

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Christie's

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Education

Art Students League of New York

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University of Havana

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Marymount School, Paris

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