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Artists›John Bock

John Bock

1965

WA-00003150

Mixed MediaSurrealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

117

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ882990

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

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

Source Registry (4)

Anton-Kernhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/john-bock
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sadie-Coleshttps://sadiecoles.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/8470
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (19)

Untitled from 25 Years of FUN

2015 · Multiple of cotton handkerchief and knitted sock with ink additions from a boxed set of eight editions and multiples in various mediums

overall (irreg.): 77 × 40" (195.6 × 101.6 cm)

2006 · 16mm transferred to video (color, sound)

27:22 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Geometrischer Ort der 2 Mio. $ Knödel-knickerbockermigränehitshitbitssoufflévisage, drin strohmulmige Isoquante touchiert goldene Bilanzregel + Insolvenzsnob (for Parkett no. 67)

2003 · Multiple of knitted underpants, gold sequins, straw, silicone, rabbit droppings, and migraine pill

Overall (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 21 1/4 x 13" (15 x 54 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2002 · Synthetic polymer toy eyeball sewn with thread to printed paper on paper

11 3/4 x 8 3/4" (29.8 x 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2002 · Coffee, felt-tip pen, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2002 · Synthetic polymer paint, felt-tip pen, and animal excrement on cut paper

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2002 · Ballpoint pen, pencil, cut-and-pasted printed paper, and hair on cut-and-pasted paper

12 1/2 x 8 1/4" (31.8 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2002 · Felt-tip pen on paper

11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2002 · Felt-tip pen, animal excrement, medicine blister pack, and pill on paper

11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2002 · Coffee and pressure-sensitive tape on cut paper

11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21 cm)

2001 · Coffee, felt-tip pen, and cut-and-pasted colored paper on cut-and-pasted paper

11 3/4 x 10" (29.8 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2001 · Coffee, felt-tip pen, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2001 · Coffee, ballpoint pen, and medicine box on cut-and-pasted paper

11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2001 · Felt-tip pen, pencil, and animal excrement sewn with metal wire to cut paper

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1998 · Multiple of cardboard box with gold marker and tape additions, containing two artists' books with cut-and-pasted paper, pencil, ink, and gold marker additions

Composition (.C - box): 11 1/8 x 11 15/16 x 2 5/16" (28.2 x 30.4 x 5.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1996 · Watercolor, synthetic polymer paint, printed paper, and transparentized tape on paper

58 7/8 x 56 1/2" (149.5 x 143.5 cm)

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Artwork sources (1)

19 published of 39 catalogued · 24 with image

MoMA
19 publishedof 39 catalogued24 img

Record

Images

38 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Surrealism

Collections2

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Sadie Coles HQ

Institutional

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Sadie Coles HQ

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In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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