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Robert Barry

1936

WA-00003871

Bronx, United States

PaintingPerformance Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

125

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ477373

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

4 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/352
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Performance Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (38)

One Billion Colored Dots

2008 · Set of twenty-five artist's books

page: 10 13/16 x 7 1/16" (27.5 x 18 cm); overall (each, closed): 11 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/16" (28 x 21 x 7.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Going Through

1995 · Illustrated Book with 17 screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1994 · Screenprint with pigment powder and invisible ink additions

composition and sheet: 18 7/8 x 18 7/8" (48 x 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art & Project Bulletin #136

1983 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Otherwise

1981 · 12-inch vinyl record

cover: 12 1/4 × 12 1/4" (31.1 × 31.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1981 · Synthetic polymer paint and silver pencil on paper, mounted on aluminum

60 5/8 x 60 3/4" (154.0 x 154.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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People, Art and Places

1979 · Eighty 35mm black and white and color slides (continuous loop) and Kodak carousel slide projector

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1978 · Etching

plate: 24 x 31 5/16" (60.9 x 79.5cm); sheet: 26 3/16 x 33 1/2" (66.5 x 85.1cm)

1976 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

56.7 × 76.2 cm (22 3/8 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art & Project Bulletin #97

1976 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1976 · Ink and colored ink on paper

7 1/2 x 8 7/8" (19.1 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1976 · Ink on metallic board

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Felt-tip pen and transfer type on fabric

18 x 84 1/4" (45.7 x 214 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Ballpoint pen and transfer type on fabric

12 1/8 x 83" (30.8 x 210.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Prestype and ink on paper

23 1/8 x 26 7/8" (58.6 x 68.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art & Project Bulletin #51

1972 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Art & Project Bulletin #51

1971 · Lithograph on folded sheet

sheet (folded): 11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.6 x 20.9 cm); sheet (unfolded): 11 5/8 x 16 1/2" (29.6 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art & Project Bulletin #37

1971 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1970 · Typewriting on six pieces of paper

Each: 4 x 6" (10.2 x 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art & Project Bulletin #17

1969 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inert Gas Series/Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon/From a Measured Volume to Indefinite Expansion

1969 · Letterpress

sheet: 35 3/16 × 23 1/8" (89.3 × 58.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

30 Pieces (Something which is very near in place and time, but not yet known to me)

1969 · Typewriting on five pieces of paper

Each: 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled (Answer...Quiz)

1969 · Transfer type and pencil on transparentized graph paper

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

38 published of 74 catalogued · 52 with image

MoMA
36 publishedof 72 catalogued50 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

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Images

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Relationships

Movements1

Performance Art

Collections1

Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

Hunter College

Visual Arts

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