Stardust
2012 · Artist's book with digitally printed bookplate
sheet (bookplate): 6 5/16 × 3 15/16" (16 × 10 cm); overall (book, closed): 12 3/8 × 10 11/16 × 1/2" (31.4 × 27.2 × 1.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jack Pierson
1960
WA-00001015
Plymouth, MA, USA
Photography
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
24
Works in Collection
65
Assets Indexed
13
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0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (2)
Field Verification (6 fields)
5 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy+2· 92%✓
- Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
- LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
- DeceasedUnknown· 20%
Source Registry (4)
- Kavi-GuptaTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Lisson-GalleryTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Thaddaeus-RopacTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Jack Pierson works across photography, collage, word sculpture, and installation, often combining found imagery with text-based interventions. His practice treats language and visual material as equally weighted formal elements, constructing layered narratives from vernacular sources. Based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Pierson also operates as a gallerist, positioning himself within both artistic and curatorial practice. His work is held in major museum collections.
Source: Kavi Gupta · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (24)
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Artwork sources (5)
24 published of 42 catalogued · 33 with image
- MoMA18 publishedof 36 catalogued31 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
- The Met1 published
- Whitney1 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 2000 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1987 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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