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Artists›Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney

1946

WA-00005550

Philadelphia, PA, USA

MinimalismColor FieldAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ27876364

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy+1· 85%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Gagosian + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/stanley-whitney
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

About

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No biography available for Stanley Whitney yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Minimalism

Medium

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (19)

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Untitled

2025 · Aquatint

8 1/2 × 8 13/16" (21.6 × 22.4 cm)

8 1/2 × 8 13/16" (21.6 × 22.4 cm)

8 1/2 × 8 13/16" (21.6 × 22.4 cm)

8 1/2 × 8 13/16" (21.6 × 22.4 cm)

42 1/2 × 44 1/8" (108 × 112.1 cm)

7 5/8 × 8 3/4" (19.4 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

2024 · Etching and aquatint

21 3/16 × 24 3/4" (53.8 × 62.9 cm)

42 1/2 × 61 3/4" (108 × 156.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2021 · Opaque and translucent watercolor on white wove paper

57 × 76 cm (22 1/2 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

2019 · oil pastel on paper

Sheet: 19 3/4 × 28 1/2 in. (50.2 × 72.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

2017 · Watercolor monotype on Lanaquarelle paper

Sheet (sight): 47 5/8 × 72 in. (121 × 182.9 cm) Image (sight): 47 5/8 × 72 in. (121 × 182.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled, (Speak Truth…to Power)

2017 · Graphite and colored pencil on paper

Sheet (sight): 11 7/8 × 9 in. (30.2 × 22.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled, (No to Prison Life)

2016 · Crayon on paper

Sheet (sight): 11 7/8 × 9 in. (30.2 × 22.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

2016 · Open bite etching and sugar lift aquatint

Plate: 49.5 x 62 cm (19 1/2 x 24 7/16 in.); Sheet: 74 x 82.5 cm (29 1/8 x 32 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

2013 · Acrylic marker on paper

Sheet (sight): 11 1/4 × 11 in. (28.6 × 27.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

2009 · Graphite on cardboard

Sheet (sight): 13 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (34.9 × 37.8 cm) Image (sight): 11 1/2 × 13 1/8 in. (29.2 × 33.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1998 · Graphite on paper

Sheet: 22 1/8 × 30 in. (56.2 × 76.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1991 · Crayon on paper

Sheet (sight): 12 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (31.8 × 44.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1989 · Crayon on paper

Sheet (sight): 6 × 9 1/2 in. (15.2 × 24.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (4)

19 published of 19 catalogued · 1 with image

Whitney
9 published
MoMA
8 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
2016 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

13 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

Artsy

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Relationships

Peers & Context9

Marina Adamsco-exhibited Peter Doigco-exhibited Carroll Dunhamco-exhibited Chris Ofilico-exhibited Elizabeth Peytonco-exhibited Dana Schutzco-exhibited

Movements3

Minimalism Color Field Abstract Art

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's David Zwirner

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Yale School of Art

Master of Fine Arts · 1972

Kansas City Art Institute

Bachelor of Fine Arts · 1968

Columbus College of Art and Design

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Unrepeated

2022