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Robert Ryman

1930

WA-00004115

MinimalismConceptual Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

139

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ640936

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Set in Stone

David Zwirner

2026

No image

Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, Sandback

David Zwirner

2026

Field Verification (8 fields)

1 cross-verified · 7 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Gallery· 92%✓
LocationWikidata + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
BiographyGallery Zwirner + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
NationalityWikidata + Gallery· 92%
Profile imageGallery· 60%
WebsiteGallery· 60%
Death yearGallery· 60%
Primary mediumGallery· 60%

Source Registry (8)

Xavier-Hufkenshttps://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/robert-ryman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-ryman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/robert-ryman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-ryman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5098
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Robert Ryman yet.

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Movement

Minimalism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (71)

First Conversion

2003 · Linoleum cut

Sheet: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2" (34.3 x 34.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Conversion

2003 · Linoleum cut on aluminum plate, with two nails

composition 16 1/2 x 16 1/2" (42 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Robert Ryman Prints: 1969-1993

1993 · 1 aquatint; catalogue with 5 unmarked aquatint and etching fragments

Museum of Modern Art

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Versions IV

1992 · Oil and graphite on acrylic resin sheet with embedded fiberglass (Lumasite) and wax paper

78 x 72 in. (198.1 x 182.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Four Aquatints and One Etching

1990 · Portfolio of four aquatints and one etching

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from Four Aquatints and One Etching

1990 · Aquatint, printed in color

plate 30 3/4 x 30 11/16" (78.2 x 77.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from Four Aquatints and One Etching

1990 · Etching, printed in color

plate 32 5/8 x 32 13/16" (82.9 x 83.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from Four Aquatints and One Etching

1990 · Aquatint, printed in color

plate 31 15/16 x 31 7/8" (81.1 x 80.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from Four Aquatints and One Etching

1990 · Aquatint, printed in color

plate 31 15/16 x 31 15/16" (81.1 x 81.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from Four Aquatints and One Etching

1990 · Aquatint, printed in color

plate 30 13/16 x 31 1/16" (78.3 x 78.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Test Plate #3 from portfolio BAM 3

1990 · Aquatint and etching

plate 15 15/16 x 11 3/4" (40.5 x 29.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 114) from Nohow On

1989 · Aquatint

plate 5 15/16 x 3 9/16" (15.2 x 9.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 128) from Nohow On

1989 · Aquatint

composition 10 5/8 x 7 1/16" (27 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 2) from Nohow On

1989 · Aquatint

composition 10 5/8 x 5 11/16" (27 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 80) from Nohow On

1989 · Aquatint

plate 5 15/16 x 3 3/4" (15.2 x 9.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 28) from Nohow On

1989 · Aquatint

plate 5 15/16 x 3 9/16" (15.2 x 9.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Nohow On

1989 · Illustrated book with six aquatints

prints: various; page (each): 10 5/8 x 7 1/16" (27 x 18 cm).

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 72) from Nohow On

1989 · Aquatint

plate 5 15/16 x 3 9/16" (15.2 x 9.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Convert

1988 · Acrylic on cotton canvas mounted on fiberglass with wood

6' x 6' (182.9 x 182.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Distributor

1985 · Oil on fiberglass with wood and aluminum

122 × 109.3 cm (48 × 43 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Elliott Room (Charter Series)

1985 · Charter: Oil paint on anodized aluminum with six hexagonal round-faced steel bolts; Charter II-V: Lascaux acrylic on epoxy-edged fiberglass with aluminum with four unpainted round steel bolts

914.4 × 762 cm (360 × 300 in.); Installed: 910 × 710 cm (358 5/16 × 279 9/16 in.); Charter I: 208.3 × 78.7 × 6.4 cm (82 × 31 × 2 1/2 in.); Charter II: 238.1 × 237.8 cm (93 3/4 × 93 5/8 in.); Charter III: 214 × 213.4 cm (84 1/4 × 84 in.); Charter IV: 183.8 × 182.9 cm (72 3/8 × 72 in.); Charter V: 242.6 × 242.6 cm (95 1/2 × 95 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Elliott Room: Charter

1985 · Oil paint on anodized aluminum with six hexagonal round-faced steel bolts

208.3 × 78.7 × 6.4 cm (82 × 31 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Elliott Room: Charter III

1985 · Lascaux acrylic on epoxy-edged fiberglass with aluminum, four black oxide round steel bolts

214 × 213 cm (84 1/4 × 84 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

71 published of 120 catalogued · 71 with image

MoMA
49 publishedof 98 catalogued51 img
Tate
10 published10 img
Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Untitled, Bruxelles
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
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Guild
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Two Stones
1971 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikipedia

Artsy

Relationships

Peers & Context86

Dan Flavinco-exhibitedJohn McCrackenco-exhibitedDan Flavinco-exhibitedJohn McCrackenco-exhibitedAgnes Martinco-exhibitedDan Flavinco-exhibited

Movements2

Minimalism Conceptual Art

Collections11

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

Gallery

Gagosian

Represented by

Xavier Hufkens

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

Related Artists

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

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Group Exhibition Set in Stone

2026

Exhibition Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, Sandback David Zwirner

2026

Group Exhibition David Zwirner: 30 Years

2024

Solo Exhibition Robert Ryman: Line

2023

Group Exhibition Imageless Icons: Abstract Thoughts

2005

Group Exhibition Robert Ryman: The Last Paintings