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Artists›Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle

1953

WA-00003679

Paris, France

Conceptual ArtContemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

236

Works in Collection

510

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ258630

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyAi Generated + Unknown· 82%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Paula-Cooperhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/sophie-calle
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Perrotinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/sophie-calle
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6655
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Sophie Calle yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

—

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (236)

WattsOS

The Plastic Surgery

2000 · Gelatin silver print

Image a: 160 x 110 cm (63 x 43 5/16 in.) Frame a: 170 x 100 cm (66 15/16 x 39 3/8 in.) Frame b: 50 x 50 cm (19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Tie (for Parkett no. 36)

1993 · Multiple of silk necktie with screenprinted text

irreg sheet 54 1/16 x 3 1/4" (137 x 8.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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GHOSTS. Composed of GHOST (de Chirico: The Enigma of the Day), GHOST (Hopper: House by the Railroad), GHOST (Magritte: The Menaced Assasin)

1991 · Oil, synthetic polymer paint, graphite and silkscreen ink, and color laser prints

Overall dimensions variable. GHOST (de Chirico: The Enigma of the Day) 7' 8" x 6' 11" (231.1 x 210.8 cm). GHOST (Hopper: House by the Railroad) 38 x 48" (96.5 x 121.9 cm), and GHOST (Magritte: The Menaced Assasin) 6' 10" x 7' 8" (208.3 x 233.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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La Fille du docteur

1991 · Illustrated book with 18 offset lithographs

Museum of Modern Art

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The Bathrobe

1988 · Gelatin silver prints

67 3/4 × 40 1/4 in. (172.1 × 102.2 cm) Frame a: 68 × 41 in. (172.7 × 104.1 cm) Frame b: 18 × 19 in. (45.7 × 48.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 9 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 23 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver print, chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 22 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 17 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 21 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic prints (3)

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 15 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 20 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver print (2), chromogenic print (1)

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 12 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints, and wooden shelf

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 14 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 16 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 11 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints, chromogenic print, and wooden shelf

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 13 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic prints (3)

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

The Blind [4]

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 6 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 8 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2), chromogenic prints (3)

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 7 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Section 10 of The Blind

1986 · Gelatin silver prints, chromogenic print, and wooden shelf

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

The Blind [3]

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic print

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

The Blind [5]

1986 · Gelatin silver prints (2); chromogenic prints (2)

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

236 published of 441 catalogued · 33 with image

MoMA
205 publishedof 410 catalogued6 img
Art Institute Chicago
23 published23 img
Tate
4 published4 img
The Met
4 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

The Hotel, Room 47
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Hotel, Room 29
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Hotel, Room 44
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

33 assets

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Relationships

Movements2

Conceptual Art Contemporary

Collections5

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Phillips

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Exhibitions and timeline

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