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Olive Press Portfolio II: Barnett Newman: The Paintings (red)
1992 · color screenprint, 1 of suite of 4: Red
Sheet: 57.9 x 106.4 cm (22 13/16 x 41 7/8 in.); Image: 39.2 x 100.1 cm (15 7/16 x 39 7/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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David Diao
1943
WA-00006919
Mixed MediaContemporary
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
16
Assets Indexed
2
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0
Publications Referenced
60%
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (2 fields)
1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Paula-CooperTier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%
About
Why this artist matters now
David Diao is a Chinese-born, New York-based painter whose canvases investigate the structures and histories of abstraction itself, incorporating diagrammatic layouts, architectural plans, and institutional genealogies as compositional elements. His work has been exhibited at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Contemporary
Medium
Mixed Media
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Canonical record
Artworks (5)
Artwork sources (3)
5 published of 11 catalogued · 4 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art4 published
- The Met1 published
- + 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)
1 entries · 1 sources
- 1992 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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3Movements1
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
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