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Ad Reinhardt

Ad Reinhardt

1913–1967

WA-00003779

Buffalo, NY, USA

MinimalismConceptual ArtAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

23

Institutional Exhibitions

46

Works in Collection

107

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ345569

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Committed to Print

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Collage and the Photo-Image

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969–1970

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The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/ad-reinhardt
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4856
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Ad Reinhardt yet.

Graph relationships

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Movement

Minimalism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (46)

The Art Comics and Satires of Ad Reinhardt

1975 · Black oversized envelope with book and portfolio

17 11/16 × 13 in. (45 × 33 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled from Graphik USA

Untitled from Graphik USA

1967 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

composition: 17 15/16 x 17 15/16" (45.6 x 45.6 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 x 23 5/8" (75.1 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Artists and Writers against the War in Vietnam

Untitled from Artists and Writers against the War in Vietnam

1967 · Screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with collage additions, one with die-cut, one with punched holes), six lithographs (one with embossing), and one etching

composition: 11 1/4 × 3 1/4" (28.6 × 8.3 cm); sheet: 25 3/4 × 21" (65.4 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abstract Print from New York International

1966 · Screenprint from a portfolio of seven screenprints, two lithographs, and one offset lithograph with objects in various media

composition and sheet: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in black and color

Composition: 13 3/16 x 10" (33.5 x 25.4 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 21 x 5 13/16" (53.3 x 14.8 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

10 Screenprints by Ad Reinhardt

1966 · Portfolio of ten screenprints

Various composition dimensions. Sheet (each): 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 21 x 5 13/16" (53.3 x 14.8 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 18 x 9" (45.7 x 22.9 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 18 x 9" (45.7 x 22.9 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 21 1/16 x 5 13/16" (53.5 x 14.8 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 16 1/16 x 10" (40.8 x 25.4 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 21 x 7" (53.3 x 17.8 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio 10 SCREENPRINTS BY AD REINHARDT

1966 · Screenprint, printed in color

Composition: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm); Sheet: 22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting

1966 · Gouache on photographic paper

8 7/8 x 4 5/8" (22.6 x 11.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Papers 13 ink on paper drawings 2 letters 1 ink on paper illustrated poem 5 ink on paper postcards 5 ink on paper envelopes 1 ink on paper poem on Hunter student card

1966 · Black pen and ink on 16 papers ; Black pen and ink on printed, punched paper ; Black pen and ink and relief printed black ink on 5 printed papers with traces of graphite and blue ink ; Black pen and ink, stamps, and relief printed black ink on 5 printed envelopes

16 Pen and ink drawings and letters (a-p), each: 11 in. × 8 1/2 in. (28 × 21.6 cm) 5 Postcards (q-u), each: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (8.2 × 14 cm) 2 Envelopes (v,w), each: 4 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (10.5 × 24.1 cm) 3 Envelopes (x-z), each: 3 11/16 × 6 1/2 in. (9.3 × 16.5 cm) 1 Pen and ink poem on Hunter student card (aa): 7 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (18.7 × 8.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[no title]

1964 · Screenprint on paper

image: 305 x 305 mm

Untitled, from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)

Untitled, from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)

1964 · Screenprint in colors on white wove paper

Image: 30.5 × 30.4 cm (12 1/16 × 12 in.); Sheet: 61 × 51 cm (24 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)

Untitled from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)

1964 · One from a portfolio of ten screenprints

composition: 12 x 11 15/16" (30.5 x 30.4cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 19 15/16" (60.8 x 50.7cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting

1963 · Oil on canvas

60 x 60" (152.4 x 152.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abstract Painting No. 5

Abstract Painting No. 5

1962 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1524 x 1524 mm frame: 1576 x 1577 x 66 mm

Abstract Painting, 1960-65

Abstract Painting, 1960-65

1960 · Oil on canvas

152.4 × 152.4 cm (60 × 60 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1960 · Gouache on photographic paper

9 3/4 x 6 5/8" (24.8 x 16.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

46 published of 81 catalogued · 53 with image

MoMA
35 publishedof 70 catalogued46 img
The Met
4 published
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
Tate
3 published3 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

[no title]
1964 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Abstract Painting
1951 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Abstract Painting No. 5
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

24 assets

Artsy artwork: 10 Screenprints by Ad Reinhardt portfolio (1966)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: # 2 from 10 Screenprints by Ad Reinhardt (1966)

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Artsy artwork: # 9 from Ten Screenprints by Ad Reinhardt (1966)

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Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Abstract Painting, 1960-65 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abstract Painting, 1960-65 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abstract Painting, 1960-65 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abstract Painting, 1960-65 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

31

Peers & Context20

Agnes Martinco-exhibitedRichard Artschwagerco-exhibited Carl Andreco-exhibited Blinky Palermoco-exhibited Francis Baconco-exhibited Willem de Kooningco-exhibited

Movements3

Minimalism Conceptual Art Abstract Art

Collections8

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Columbia University

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Richard Artschwager

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

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Willem de Kooning

co exhibited with