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Artists›Pierre Soulages

Pierre Soulages

1919

WA-00009075

Rodez, France

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ708631

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

2 cross-verified · 5 single-source

LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
Death yearUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Perrotinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/pierre-soulages
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/pierre-soulages
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/pierre-soulages
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5538
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Painting 190 x 222 cm, 5 February, 2012 (Peinture 190 x 222 cm, 5 février 2012)

2012 · Oil on two joined canvases

Overall: 190 × 222 cm (74 13/16 × 87 7/16 in.); panel 1: 137 × 222 cm (54 × 87 1/2 in.); panel 2: 53 × 222 cm (20 7/8 × 87 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Discours Inaugural

1974 · Illustrated book with two aquatints

each plate 5 1/2 x 3 15/16" (14 x 10 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

29 June 1965

1965 · Oil on canvas

161.9 × 201.9 cm (62 3/4 × 79 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

17 March 1960

1960 · Oil on canvas

130.2 × 162.6 cm (51 1/4 × 64 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Depaysages

1959 · Illustrated book with two lithographs

Framed: 164.3 x 132.7 x 4.5 cm (64 11/16 x 52 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 161.9 x 130.2 cm (63 3/4 x 51 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1957 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 21 5/8 x 15 1/4" (55 x 38.8 cm); sheet: 26 x 19 3/4" (66 x 50.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition V

1957 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 15 1/2 x 14 1/4" (39.3 x 36.2cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 19 3/4" (65.7 x 50.1cm)

composition 24 13/16 x 18 15/16" (63.1 x 48.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

[no title]

1956 · Intaglio print on paper

59 1/4" x 6' 4 3/4" (150.5 x 195 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Peinture 92 x 65 cm, 16 décembre 1955

1955 · Oil on canvas

36 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (92 × 64.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting, 23 May 1953

1953 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1949 x 1302 mm frame: 1986 x 1331 x 50 mm

Tate

Abstraction

1953 · Aquatint,

plate: 19 9/16 x 13 1/8" (49.7 x 33.3 cm); sheet: 26 x 19 3/4" (66 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Etching No. 2

1952 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 380 x 553 mm

Tate

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Composition in Black and Yellow

1950 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Composition

1950 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting

1948 · Walnut stain on canvas

6' 4 1/4" x 50 7/8" (193.4 x 129.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Composition

1940 · color lithograph

Overall: 70.9 x 50.5 cm (27 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

1940 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

20 published of 28 catalogued · 17 with image

MoMA
8 publishedof 16 catalogued11 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
Tate
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Composition
1940 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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1956 · Tate · 1 prov
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Composition
1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Composition in Black and Yellow
1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1940 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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14 April, 1958
1958 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Painting, 23 May 1953
1953 · Tate · 1 prov
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Etching No. 2
1952 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

10 assets

Artsy

Campus Brasserie de France L'artiste Sophie Molina

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Campus Brasserie de France L'artiste Sophie Molina et l'entrepreneur Jean Claude Balès

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Rodez maison natale de Pierre Soulages 2014 06 22

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Montpellier Fine Arts School

Visual Arts

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