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Artists›Michael Heizer

Michael Heizer

Artist

WA-00000846

Land Art

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None documented

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WikidataQ558432

MoMA

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Michael Heizer

Gagosian

2026

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0 cross-verified · 7 single-source

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Source Registry (2)

Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2580
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Land Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (21)

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45°, 90°, 180°

1983 · Etching, lithograph, screenprint and rubber stamp

composition 32 3/16 x 46 7/16" (81.8 x 117.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image: 9 5/8 x 13 3/8" (24.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.6 x 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16" (27.8 x 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.7 x 35.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image: 13 7/16 x 10 1/2" (34.2 x 26.6 cm); sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8" (35.3 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image: 9 5/8 x 13 3/8" (24.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.6 x 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Blueprint

composition: 5 3/16 x 14 5/8" (13.2 x 37.2 cm); sheet: 10 9/16 x 14 5/8" (26.8 x 37.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Blueprint

composition: 5 1/8 x 14 11/16" (13 x 37.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 11/16" (26.7 x 37.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16" (27.8 x 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 3 x 4" (7.6 x 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 11 x 13 15/16" (28 x 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

45°, 90°, 180°

1982 · Lithograph with ballpoint pen additions

sheet: 17 15/16 x 32 7/8" (45.5 x 83.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Negative Sculpture - Quebec

1980 · Laurentian granite blocks set in steel liners

Overall 67 1/2" x 7' 6 1/2" x 12 1/2" (171.4 x 229.8 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Scrap Metal Drypoint #2

1978 · Drypoint

irreg composition 29 1/8 x 79 7/8" (74 x 191.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Circle III

1977 · Etching, aquatint and roulette

composition (irreg.): 26 1/2 x 24 15/16" (67.3 x 63.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 40 11/16 x 31 1/4" (103.3 x 79.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Double Negative

1970 · Cyanotype

25 × 37" (63.5 × 94 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Actual Size (Munich Depression)

1969 · Gelatin silver prints (10) mounted with electrical tape on board

Overall image, approx: 14 × 204.5 cm (5 9/16 × 80 9/16 in.); Overall paper, approx: 24 × 204.5 cm (9 1/2 × 80 9/16 in.); Frame: 49.8 × 225.4 × 2.5 cm (19 5/8 × 88 3/4 × 1 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Human Fault, Earth Rift

1968 · Typewriting on cut-and-pasted paper and felt-tip pen on paperboard

22 1/8 x 28" (56.2 x 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Field Painting No. 2

1968 · Ballpoint pen, pencil, wash, and cut-and-pasted paper with typewritten text

22 1/4 x 28 1/4" (56.1 x 71.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

21 published of 43 catalogued · 38 with image

MoMA
20 publishedof 40 catalogued35 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

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