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Karl Knaths

Karl Knaths

1891–1971

WA-00002864

PaintingCubism

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

10

Assets Indexed

9

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ17183235

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

No image

American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

No image

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

No image

Four American Traveling Exhibitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

No image

New Horizons in American Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

No image

Murals by American Painters and Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932

No image

Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930–1931

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyAi Generated· 42%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3159
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Karl Knaths yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Cubism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

1950 · Oil on canvas

35 × 40 in. (88.9 × 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1950 · Oil on canvas

36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clam Diggers, Provincetown

1949 · Oil on canvas

40 1/8 x 30 1/4 in. (101.9 x 76.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Blue Platter

1947 · Oil on canvas

20 1/4 × 50 1/4 in. (51.4 × 127.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Giorgione Book

1941 · Oil on canvas

40 x 20" (101.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Modern Pilgrim's Print Book

1935 · linoleum cut

Image: 13.7 x 9.7 cm (5 3/8 x 3 13/16 in.); Book: 21.5 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Modern Pilgrim's Print Book: Gathering Quahogs

1935 · linoleum cut

Image: 14.2 x 8.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.); Book: 21.5 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 8 catalogued · 2 with image

The Met
4 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

A Modern Pilgrim's Print Book
1935 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Modern Pilgrim's Print Book: Gathering Quahogs
1935 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Karl Knaths (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Karl Knaths (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Background

Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Visual Arts