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Chris Burden

Chris Burden

1946–2015

WA-00003962

Boston, MA, USA

Installation ArtPerformance Art

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

57

Works in Collection

145

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ720832

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Committed to Print

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Reading Video

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

No image

Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

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Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Projects: Video V

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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 Gagosian + Unknown· 80%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/chris-burden
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/871
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Installation Art

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (57)

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8" (15 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8" (15 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 8 7/8 x 5 7/8" (22.5 x 15 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.8 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8" (15 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 8 7/8 x 5 7/8" (22.5 x 15 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page from Coyote Stories

Title page from Coyote Stories

2005 · Title page from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8" (15 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 7/16" (27.3 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 8 7/8 x 6" (22.5 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 13/16 x 8 15/16" (27.5 x 22.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 8 3/4 x 5 7/8" (22.3 x 15 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Coyote Stories

Untitled from Coyote Stories

2005 · Digital print with chine collé from a portfolio of ten etchings, five with aquatint, and 25 digital prints with chine collé

plate: 10 3/4 x 8 9/16" (27.3 x 21.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

57 published of 114 catalogued · 103 with image

MoMA
56 publishedof 113 catalogued103 img
The Met
1 published

Record

Images

20 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Rocket Sam in "Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rocket Sam in "Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rocket Sam in "Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rocket Sam in "Tis the Season of Giving on Planet X-38" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

She Is Enchanted Within Urban Lights^ In Explore May 31 22 Flickr Joey Z1

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Giant white pillars (Unsplash)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

MAK Plattform Skizze

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

3

Movements2

Installation Art Performance Art

Collections1

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Background

Education

University of California, Irvine

Master of Fine Arts · 1971

Pomona College

Bachelor of Fine Arts · 1969