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Artists›Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger

1945

WA-00003219

PaintingContemporaryInstallation ArtVideo Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

161

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ262284

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Committed to Print

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986–1987

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Zwirner + Gallery Generic· 80%
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (6)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/barbara-kruger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/barbara-kruger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/barbara-kruger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3266
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (40)

Untitled (No Comment)

2020 · Three-channel video installation, color, with sound; 9 min. 25 sec.

Dimension variable

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from Art Against Immigration Ban Letter Portfolio

2017 · One from a portfolio of nine digital prints

composition: 10 9/16 × 8 1/16" (26.8 × 20.4 cm); sheet: 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

We Will No Longer Be Seen and Not Heard

1992 · Lithograph on aluminum foil collé

sheet: 20 x 13 in. (50.8 x 33 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

WattsOS

My Pretty Pony

1989 · Artist's book (trade)

20 × 11 7/8 in. (50.8 × 30.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

WattsOS

Untitled (Printed Matter Matters)

1989 · Photolithograph, offset printed and engraved typography

plate 23 5/16 x 21 1/4" (59.2 x 54 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Have Me Feed Me Hug Me Love Me Need Me

1988 · Lenticular photograph

Each panel: 44.2 × 36.1 cm (17 7/16 × 14 1/4 in.); Overall: 49.3 × 303.1 × 27.3 cm (19 7/16 × 119 3/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Double page plate (folios 30 verso and 31) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate with colophon (folio 32 verso and endpaper) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 1 verso and 2) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 2 verso and 3) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint and lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 9) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 12) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 14) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 14 verso and 15) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 17) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 20) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 6) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 29 verso and 30) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 26) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 29) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 31 verso and 32) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (front endpaper and folio 1) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Screenprint from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 23) from My Pretty Pony

1988 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

My Pretty Pony

1988 · Illustrated book with nine screenprints (one with lithograph), eight lithographs, and stainless steel cover with digital clock

page (each): 20 × 13 1/2" (50.8 × 34.3 cm); overall (closed): 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 × 1 1/8" (51.5 × 35.3 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

40 published of 72 catalogued · 66 with image

MoMA
31 publishedof 62 catalogued59 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
The Met
3 published
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

Record

Images

51 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Peers & Context58

Elizabeth Peytonco-exhibited Neo Rauchco-exhibitedFranz Westco-exhibitedKatherine Bernhardtco-exhibitedNate Lowmanco-exhibitedAndy Warholco-exhibited

Movements3

Contemporary Installation Art Video Art

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Christie's Los Angeles County Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Phillips Heritage Auctions

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

Represented by

David Zwirner

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Syracuse University School of Art

Visual Arts

Parsons School of Design

Visual Arts

Weequahic High School

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Barbara Kruger

Cultural Positioning

Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

Field Verification (4 fields)

Source Registry (6)

Why this artist matters now

Taste overlap and adjacency

Museum Collections

Artworks (40)

Artwork sources (4)

Images

Relationships

Representation & Collections

Auction sale history

Education

Related Artists

Exhibitions and timeline