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Artists›Paula Rego

Paula Rego

1935–2022

WA-00001175

PaintingContemporaryFeminist Art

Representation

None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ235318

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

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

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/paula-rego
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Victoria-Miro
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (64)

Death Goes Shopping

2009 · Print

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Guardian

2008 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 362 x 303 mm

Tate

War

2003 · Pastel on paper on aluminium

unconfirmed: 1600 x 1200 mm

38 × 28 3/16 in. (96.5 × 71.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Getting Ready for the Ball

2001 · Tryptych if three color lithographs

Triptych: 33 1/2 × 72 in. (85.1 × 182.9 cm) a: 32 5/8 × 23 1/2 in. (82.9 × 59.7 cm) b: 32 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (82.9 × 60 cm) c: 32 1/2 × 24 in. (82.6 × 61 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

2000 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 3/4" (19.5 × 29.8 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 17 1/16" (33.2 × 43.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 8 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

2000 · Etching

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 × 18 11/16" (37.5 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

2000 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 7 3/4 × 11 13/16" (19.7 × 30 cm); sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 1/16" (34 × 43.3 cm)

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 1/16 in. (33.3 × 43.3 cm) Image: 7 11/16 × 11 3/4 in. (19.5 × 29.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled 8

2000 · Etching on Somerset paper

Sheet: 14 15/16 × 19 1/8 in. (38 × 48.5 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 11 11/16 in. (20 × 29.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled 10

2000 · Etching

Sheet: 13 7/16 × 16 15/16 in. (34.1 × 43.1 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (20 × 29.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for ‘Lessons’ II

1999 · Graphite on paper

support: 420 x 297 mm

Tate

The Betrothal: Lessons: The Shipwreck, after ‘Marriage a la Mode’ by Hogarth

1999 · 3 works on paper, pastel, mounted onto aluminium

displayed: 1650 x 5000 mm

Tate

Untitled V

1999 · Etching on paper

image: 200 x 295 mm

Tate

Untitled 6 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 × 18 11/16" (37.5 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 4 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 7/8" (38 × 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 7 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 11 1/2 × 7 11/16" (29.2 × 19.6 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 × 14 15/16" (48 × 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 1 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 7/8" (38 × 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 2 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 7/8" (38 × 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 3 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 7/8" (38 × 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled 5 from Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1999 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16" (19.6 × 29.7 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 × 18 11/16" (37.5 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled 7

1999 · Etching on Somerset paper

Sheet: 18 7/8 × 14 15/16 in. (48 × 38 cm) Image: 11 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (29.2 × 19.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled 1

1999 · Etching

Sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 7/8 in. (38 × 48 cm) Image: 7 11/16 × 11 11/16 in. (19.6 × 29.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled (The Abortion Series)

1998 · Series of ten etchings, six with aquatint

sheet (each): 14 15/16 × 18 7/8" (38 × 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

64 published of 64 catalogued · 56 with image

Tate
33 published33 img
MoMA
22 published21 img
The Met
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Straw Burning
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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Mist II
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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Drawing for ‘The Dance’
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Firemen of Alijo
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
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Drawing for ‘The Dance’
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
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Flood
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled V
1999 · Tate · 1 prov
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Drawing for ‘The Dance’
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
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Drawing for ‘The Dance’
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
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Drawing for ‘The Dance’
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

24 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Peers & Context56

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

Movements2

Contemporary Feminist Art

Collections6

Tate Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Museum Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Tate

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

New Museum

In collection

New Museum

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

Saint Julian's School

Visual Arts

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Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future

2026