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Artists›Richard Pousette-Dart

Richard Pousette-Dart

1916–1992

WA-00000444

Valhalla, NY, USA

PaintingAbstract ExpressionismExpressionism

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

6 cross-verified · 0 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Gallery Pace· 92%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Pace· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Gallery Pace· 88%✓
DeceasedGallery Pace· 80%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-pousette-dart
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4716
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (30)

Ramification Radiant Energy

1992 · Ink, felt-tip pen, and synthetic polymer paint on paper

22 3/4 x 29 3/4" (57.8 x 75.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1977 · graphite on paper prepared with "gesso"

Sheet: 57 x 76.2 cm (22 7/16 x 30 in.); Framed: 71.1 x 90.2 cm (28 x 35 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

1976 · Oil and graphite on paper

22 5/8 × 29 3/4 in. (57.4 × 75.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Window of Unknowing

1975 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 127 x 181.6 cm (50 x 71 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Presence, Ramapo Horizon

1975 · Acrylic on canvas

72 in. × 10 ft. (182.9 × 304.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Radiance

1962 · Oil and metallic paint on canvas

6' 1/8" x 8' 1/4" (183.3 x 244.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Self Portrait in Photography Studio

1951 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 7/8 × 13 3/4 in. (27.6 × 34.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Chavade

1951 · Oil and pencil on canvas

53 3/8" x 8' 1/2" (135.6 x 245 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Lois Long

1951 · Gelatin silver print

34.3 x 27.7 cm. (13 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Flower

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (33.7 × 26.5 cm) Image: 13 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (33.7 × 26.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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The Magnificent

1950 · Oil on canvas

Overall: 86 5/16 × 44 in. (219.2 × 111.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Headpiece from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage

1950 · Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations

sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage

1950 · Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations

sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage

1950 · Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations

sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage

1950 · Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations

sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Betty Parsons. (seated woman)

1950 · Gelatin silver print

13 5/16 × 10 1/8" (33.8 × 25.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mark Rothko

1950 · Gelatin silver print

9 15/16 × 11 7/8" (25.3 × 30.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Path of the Hero

1950 · Acrylic on canvas

61 3/4 in. × 10 ft. 1 in. (156.8 × 307.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Number 11: A Presence

1949 · Oil on canvas

25 1/8 x 21 1/8" (63.8 x 53.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Betty Parsons

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (24.8 × 19.1 cm) Image: 9 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (23.5 × 19.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1948 · Pencil, gouache, and ink on gesso on board

20 x 24" (50.1 x 60.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1946 · Gouache and ink on paper

6 x 9" (15.2 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fugue Number 2

1943 · Oil and sand on canvas

41 1/8" x 8' 10 1/2" (104.2 x 270.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Seasons of Light

1942 · Opaque watercolor, watercolor, and brush and black ink on paper

22 3/4 x 31 1/4 in. (57.8 x 79.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

30 published of 45 catalogued · 31 with image

MoMA
14 publishedof 29 catalogued29 img
The Met
7 published
Whitney
4 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1977 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Betty Parsons and Barnett Newmann
1939 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Window of Unknowing
1975 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Relationships

Movements2

Abstract Expressionism Expressionism

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Pace Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Pace Gallery

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Richard Pousette-Dart

2025