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Artists›Robert Longo

Robert Longo

1953

WA-00003560

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Painting

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1250139

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Robert Longo

Pace Gallery

2026

Field Verification (7 fields)

5 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (8)

Thaddaeus-Ropachttps://ropac.net/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Deitchhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-longo
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Petzelhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-longo
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-longo
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/robert-longo
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3592
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Capitain-Petzel
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

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Painting

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (22)

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Icarus Rising

2019 · Video, black-and-white, sound, 9:44 min., looped

Aspect Ratio: 1.663

Whitney Museum of American Art

Russian Bomb/Semipalatinsk

2003 · Charcoal on paper

97 1/2 x 71" (247.7 x 180.3 cm)

Image: 2 5/8 × 13 7/16 in. (6.7 × 34.1 cm) Sheet: 3 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (9.2 × 35.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled, II from the series Men in the Cities

1990 · Lithograph

irreg. composition 13 3/8 x 29 7/16" (34 x 74.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Arena Brains

1986 · Lithograph and offset lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

Men in the Cities (Gretchen)

1985 · Lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

Men in the Cities (Eric)

irreg composition 58 3/4 x 25 3/16" (149.3 x 64 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Study for Pressure)

1983 · Graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic on two sheets, double-sided

25 3/4 × 23 1/4" (65.4 × 59 cm)

irreg composition 29 15/16 x 15" (76 x 38.1 cm)

Sheet: 93.2 x 53.7 cm (36 11/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Image: 76 x 38 cm (29 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Jules

1983 · lithograph

Sheet: 93.5 x 53.4 cm (36 13/16 x 21 in.); Image: 76.1 x 38 cm (29 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Men In The Cities: Final Life

1982 · Pencil on transparentized paper on paper

9 1/8 × 12" (23.2 × 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pressure

1982 · Painted wood with lacquer finish, and charcoal, graphite, and ink on paper, in two parts

102 3/8 x 90 x 36 1/2" (260 x 228.6 x 92.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from the series "Men in the Cities"

1981 · Synthetic polymer paint, charcoal, pastel, gouache, and pencil on paper

50 x 30" (127 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1981 · Charcoal and graphite on paper

29 5/8 x 21 3/8" (75.2 x 54.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1981 · Charcoal and graphite on paper

29 5/8 x 21 3/8" (75.2 x 54.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled (Janet)

1980 · Silver dye bleach print

Sheet: 42 3/16 × 29 15/16 in. (107.2 × 76 cm) Image: 40 × 26 7/8 in. (101.6 × 68.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (James)

1980 · Silver dye bleach print

Sheet: 42 1/8 × 29 15/16 in. (107 × 76 cm) Image: 39 15/16 × 26 7/8 in. (101.4 × 68.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (Cindy)

1980 · Silver dye bleach print

Sheet: 42 3/16 × 29 15/16 in. (107.2 × 76 cm) Image: 39 7/8 × 26 7/8 in. (101.3 × 68.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (Barsness)

1980 · Silver dye bleach print

Sheet: 42 3/16 × 29 15/16 in. (107.2 × 76 cm) Image: 40 × 26 7/8 in. (101.6 × 68.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (Eric)

1980 · Silver dye bleach print

Sheet: 42 1/8 × 29 7/8 in. (107 × 75.9 cm) Image: 40 × 26 3/4 in. (101.6 × 67.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (4)

22 published of 35 catalogued · 17 with image

MoMA
13 publishedof 26 catalogued17 img
Whitney
6 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Jules
1983 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gretchen
1983 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

9 assets

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Relationships

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's Pace Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Pace Gallery

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

University of North Texas

Visual Arts

Buffalo State University

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Robert Longo

2026