ArtistsHaim Steinbach
Haim Steinbach

Haim Steinbach

1944
WA-00005773
Mixed Media
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
6
Assets Indexed
16
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (7 fields)

5 cross-verified · 2 single-source
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy+2· 92%
  • Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%
  • Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%
  • BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%
  • WebsiteWikidata· 92%
  • LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
  • DeceasedUnknown· 20%

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About

Why this artist matters now

Haim Steinbach arranges mass-produced and found objects on custom-built shelves and platforms, treating commodity consumption as raw material for sculpture. His assemblages transform humble goods, toys, household items, brand-name products, into formally composed installations that interrogate value, taste, and desire. Working across several decades, Steinbach presents these objects in carefully calibrated groupings that oscillate between display and critique, elevating the vernacular syntax of retail and domestic space into sculptural form.

Source: Tanya Bonakdar · Trust score: 100% · Updated 3mo ago

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Mixed Media
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Artworks (2)

Artwork sources (2)

2 published of 2 catalogued · 0 with image
  • The Met
    1 published
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • Wild Things
    2011 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

Artsy artwork: Pops (2006)
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Artsy artwork: eswürdesoaussehen (2018)
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Artsy artwork: pops (2006)
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Artsy artwork: 0% (1997)
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Manhattan, United States
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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Education

Yale University
Master of Fine Arts
Pratt Institute
Visual Arts
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