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Artists›Lothar Baumgarten

Lothar Baumgarten

1944

WA-00001232

Conceptual Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ455070

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

Field Verification (7 fields)

1 cross-verified · 6 single-source

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

Source Registry (2)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/393
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Conceptual Art

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (18)

WattsOS

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. and Amtrak's Sunset Limited, Railroad Crossing, Jefferson Davis County, Texas

1989 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27 1/4 in. × 33 in. (69.2 × 83.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Equator

1985 · Screenprint on paper

image: 610 x 898 mm

Tate

Shaiprabowë

1985 · Screenprint on paper

image: 685 x 1001 mm

Tate

Metals

1985 · Screenprint on paper

image: 597 x 851 mm

Tate

Fish

1985 · Photomechanical (offset) print

Image: 68.1 × 100.2 cm (26 13/16 × 39 1/2 in.); Support: 80 × 115 cm (31 1/2 × 45 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shaiprabowe

1985 · Silkscreen with photo-offset

Image: 68.5 × 100 cm (27 × 39 3/8 in.); Support: 80 × 115 cm (31 1/2 × 45 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Red Cloud

1983 · Letterpress on paper

image: 170 x 275 mm image: 170 x 275 mm

Tate

Land of the Spotted Eagle

1983 · Lithograph on paper

image: 552 x 785 mm

Tate

Land of the Spotted Eagle

1983 · Photomechanical (offset) print

Image: 55.2 × 78.5 cm (21 3/4 × 30 15/16 in.); Support: 59.7 × 82.6 cm (23 9/16 × 32 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yanomami

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.1 × 55.7 cm (14 5/8 × 21 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.7 × 60.7 cm (20 × 23 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yanomami

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.1 × 55.8 cm (14 5/8 × 22 in.); Paper: 50.6 × 60.6 cm (19 15/16 × 23 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yanomani-Katoraive

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 36.7 × 24.3 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 43.2 × 35.7 cm (17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yanomami

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.1 × 55.8 cm (14 5/8 × 22 in.); Paper: 50.7 × 60.7 cm (20 × 23 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yanomami

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.1 × 55.7 cm (14 5/8 × 21 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 × 60.7 cm (20 × 23 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

El Dorado - Gran Sabana

1977 · 14 photographs, black and white, on paper and painted wall texts

displayed: 1955 x 19890 mm

Tate

Mato Grosso

1975 · Dye transfer on paper

image: 113 x 199 mm

Tate

Terra Incognita

1969 · Wood, 26 porcelain plates, 21 porcelain bowls, light bulbs and machete

displayed: 740 x 8850 x 12360 mm

Tate

‘I Prefer it There Better than in Westphalia’ - ELDORADO 1968 - 1976 (Candide, Voltaire)

1968 · Slide, 35 mm, 187 slides, 3 projections, and sound

Tate

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Artwork sources (4)

18 published of 22 catalogued · 21 with image

Tate
9 published9 img
Art Institute Chicago
8 published8 img
The Met
1 published
+ 1 more source · 4 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Shaiprabowë
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Terra Incognita
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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Equator
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Mato Grosso
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
‘I Prefer it There Better than in Westphalia’ - ELDORADO 1968 - 1976 (Candide, Voltaire)
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
El Dorado - Gran Sabana
1977 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Metals
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Red Cloud
1983 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Land of the Spotted Eagle
1983 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

22 assets

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Relationships

Movements1

Conceptual Art

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Background

Education

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Visual Arts · 1971

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints

New York · 1986

Group Exhibition American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

New York · 1985