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Pol Bury

Pol Bury

Belgian-French, 1922–2005

WA-00022355

La Louvière, Belgium

PrintmakingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

10

Institutional Exhibitions

52

Works in Collection

107

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ492909

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

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Prints by Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Popular Mechanics in Printmaking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Manhattan Observed

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/890
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (52)

Plate (folio 33) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 15 1/4 x 17 11/16" (38.8 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 25) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 17 1/2" (54.9 x 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 18) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 15 11/16" (54.9 x 39.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 34) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 14 3/16 x 17 7/16" (36 x 44.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 17 1/2" (54.9 x 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 26) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 18 5/16 x 13 1/16" (46.5 x 33.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 30 and 31) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 30 3/8" (54.9 x 77.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 16 3/16 x 16 11/16" (41.1 x 42.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Des idées et des ombres

1984 · 14 aquatints (including front and back covers)

page 21 5/8 x 17 11/16" (54 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Back cover from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 7/16 x 16 5/8" (54.4 x 42.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Front cover from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 16 5/8 x 17 1/2" (42.3 x 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 11) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 11 3/8 x 16 3/4" (28.9 x 42.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 14 and 15) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 35 7/16" (54.9 x 90 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 17) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

composition 12 13/16 x 17 11/16" (32.6 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 22 and 23) from DES IDÉES ET DES OMBRES

irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 25 9/16" (54.9 x 64.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Square and Circles of Which Three Are Cut, RED-BLACK

1976 · Woodcut

Sheet and comp. 25 13/16 x 19 13/16" (65.6 x 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Circle and Ten Triangles

1976 · Woodcut

sl.irreg composition 27 1/2 x 22 9/16" (69.8 x 57.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1973 · Etching and aquatint

Plate: 34 7/16 x 22 1/8" (87.4 x 56.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Studies for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Études pour Les Demoiselles d'Avignon) from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Studies for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Études pour Les Demoiselles d'Avignon) from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition and sheet: 27 15/16 x 20 1/8" (71 x 51.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

40 Rounded Cylinders on a Base

1969 · Brass, electrical components

7 × 19 5/8 × 19 5/8 in., 35.6 lb. (17.8 × 49.8 × 49.8 cm, 16.1 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In-text plate (folio 11 verso) from PICCOLA GUIDA ALL'USO DI UN VIAGGIATORE IN ITALIA

1967 · Photolithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 11/16 x 7 1/2" (17 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 14) from PICCOLA GUIDA ALL'USO DI UN VIAGGIATORE IN ITALIA

1967 · Photolithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 11/16 x 7 9/16" (27.2 x 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from PICCOLA GUIDA ALL'USO DI UN VIAGGIATORE IN ITALIA

1967 · Photolithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 7 1/2" (23.9 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5) from PICCOLA GUIDA ALL'USO DI UN VIAGGIATORE IN ITALIA

1967 · Photolithograph, printed in color

composition 11 11/16 x 7 1/2" (29.7 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

52 published of 98 catalogued · 15 with image

MoMA
46 publishedof 92 catalogued12 img
The Met
3 published
Tate
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

16 Balls, 16 Cubes in 8 Rows
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
3069 White Dots on an Oval Background
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Pol Bury (Artsy)

Artsy

Park Avenue (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

2018 09 14 Walk of Fame vicino alle Terme Tettuccio Pol Bury

Wikimedia Commons

Paris Les Deux Plateaux (31851283203)

Wikimedia Commons

Pol Bury Capteurs de Ciel 1983 Brussels Rue de Ligne Rue Montagne de l'Oratoire

Wikimedia Commons

Bruxelles Brussel Bourse Beurs (13197936954)

Wikimedia Commons

Plaque Pol Bury, 236 boulevard Raspail, Paris 14

Wikimedia Commons

Relationships

6

Movements1

Collections5

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate