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Gilbert & George

Artist

WA-00009125

Performance Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

223

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

60%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

0 cross-verified · 3 single-source

BiographyWikipedia + Gallery· 88%
Primary mediumGallery· 60%
Profile imageGallery· 60%

Source Registry (7)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/gilbert-george
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gilbert-and-george
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gilbert-and-george
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Lehmann-Maupinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gilbert-and-george
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gilbert-and-george
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Thaddaeus-Ropachttps://ropac.net/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7496
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Performance Art

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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 Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (74)

Fates

2005 · 54 digital prints on paper with ink

image: 4260 x 7600 mm

Tate

Named

2001 · 90 photographs, gelatine silver print with dye on paper mounted onto panel

displayed: 3550 x 15300 mm

Tate

Naked Eye

1994 · 27 photographs, colour, on paper mounted onto board

image, each: 845 x 710 mm overall: 2530 x 6390 mm

Tate

The Singing Sculpture (1969-91)

1993 · Color photogravure relief print on Dufex (textured foil), mounted on ragboard with screenprinted inscription in gold-colored ink

Image/Dufex: 46.2 × 60 cm (18 1/4 × 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 78.4 × 86 cm (30 7/8 × 33 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Headed

1991 · 15 hand-coloured photographs, gelatin silver print on paper on board

unconfirmed (displayed): 2535 x 3550 x 23 mm

Tate

Family Tree

1991 · 18 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper with dye on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 2538 x 3540 x 25 mm

Tate

Faith Drop

1991 · 15 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper with dye on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 2538 x 3540 x 25 mm

Tate

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Here

1987 · Hand-dyed photographs on thirty-five sheets of paper, in thirty-five artist frames

9 ft. 10 3/4 in. × 11 ft. 7 1/8 in. × 3/4 in. (301.6 × 353.4 × 1.9 cm) Each: 23 3/4 × 19 7/8 × 3/4 in. (60.3 × 50.5 × 1.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Death Hope Life Fear

1984 · 252 photographs, black and white, on paper with dye mounted onto panels

object: 4220 x 2500 mm object: 4220 x 6520 mm object: 4220 x 2500 mm object: 4220 x 6520 mm

Tate

Existers

1984 · 28 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper with dye and silver leaf on board

object: 2410 x 3510 mm

Tate

WattsOS

Speakers

1983 · gelatin silver print, hand-colored photo-piece

Overall: 241.9 x 303.9 cm (95 1/4 x 119 5/8 in.); Each section: 60.5 x 50.3 cm (23 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Deatho Knocko

1982 · 56 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 4235 x 4040 mm

Tate

Thirst

1982 · 16 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper with dye on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 2424 x 2020 x 25 mm

Tate

Hunger

1982 · 16 photographs, gelatin silver print on paper with dye on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 2424 x 2020 x 25 mm

Tate

Coronation Cross

1981 · 49 postcards on paper on board

unconfirmed: 1330 x 997 mm

Tate

Happy

1980 · 16 photographs, black and white with dye on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 2422 x 2014 mm

Tate

England

1980 · 30 photographs, black and white, with dye on paper

support: 3026 x 3026 mm

Tate

CRUSADE

1980 · 16 hand-coloured photographs, gelatin silver print on paper on board

displayed: 2424 x 2020 x 25 mm

Tate

Fallen Leaves

1980 · 16 hand-coloured photographs, gelatin silver print on paper on board

displayed: 2424 x 2020 x 25 mm

Tate

Gilbert & George, New Photo-Pieces

1978 · Lithographic halftone in black and red (recto); offset lithograph in black (verso) on coated, ivory wove paper (postcard)

14.7 × 11.5 cm (5 13/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Alcoholic

1978 · Sixteen gelatin silver prints

60.3 × 50.2 cm (23 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.), each; 242 × 202 cm (95 1/4 × 79 3/8 in.), installed

Art Institute of Chicago

Cunt Scum

1977 · 16 photographs, black and white, on paper mounted onto board

unconfirmed: 2413 x 2007 mm

Tate

Red Morning Trouble

1977 · 25 photographs, black and white with dye on paper mounted onto board

displayed: 3025 x 2525 mm

Tate

Ready

1975 · Chromogenic print with text

9 1/8 × 13 7/8" (23.2 × 35.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

74 published of 146 catalogued · 135 with image

Art Institute Chicago
29 published29 img
Tate
25 published25 img
MoMA
17 publishedof 89 catalogued81 img
The Met
2 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Gordon’s Makes Us Drunk
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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In the Bush
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Balls: The Evening Before the Morning After - Drinking Sculpture
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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CRUSADE
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
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Death Hope Life Fear
1984 · Tate · 1 prov
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A Portrait of the Artists as Young Men
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Thirst
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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Faith Drop
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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George the Cunt and Gilbert the Shit
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

76 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Performance Art

Collections8

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

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