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Alberto Burri

Alberto Burri

1915

WA-00009304

PaintingNouveau Realisme

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

17

Works in Collection

36

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ461740

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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The Art of Assemblage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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Art Lending Service Retrospective

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Hauser· 80%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/alberto-burri
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/alberto-burri
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/884
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Gallery
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Alberto Burri yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Nouveau Realisme

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Serigraph 1 D, from Triptych D

Serigraph 1 D, from Triptych D

1973 · Color screenprint, from 35 screens, on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.8 × 17.6 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 35.2 cm (17 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1968 · Colophon from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

sheet: 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Etching from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

plate: 20 9/16 × 10 7/8" (52.2 × 27.6 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Etching from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

plate: 14 15/16 × 13 7/16" (38 × 34.1 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Etching from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

plate: 20 3/4 × 15 3/4" (52.7 × 40 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Etching from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

plate: 14 13/16 × 12 1/16" (37.7 × 30.7 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Etching from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

plate: 15 1/2 × 14 3/4" (39.3 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1968 · Etching from a portfolio of six etchings with collage additions; and colophon

plate: 18 3/8 × 12 5/8" (46.7 × 32 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 14 3/4" (64 × 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1968 · Portfolio of six etchings with collage additions and a colophon

plate (see child records): various dimensions; sheet (each): 25 3/16 × 18 11/16" (64 × 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate from 17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

Plate from 17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

1955 · Ink and gold leaf on paper from illustrated book with cover, scorched fabric, and ink and gold leaf on paper

page (each approx.): 10 1/16 x 6 11/16" (25.5 x 17 cm); overall (closed): 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 1/2" (25.7 x 17.2 x 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate from 17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

Plate from 17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

1955 · Scorched fabric from illustrated book with cover, scorched fabric, and ink and gold leaf on paper

page (each approx.): 10 1/16 x 6 11/16" (25.5 x 17 cm); overall (closed): 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 1/2" (25.7 x 17.2 x 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cover for 17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

Cover for 17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

1955 · Cover (ink and gold leaf on canvas) from an illustrated book with cover, scorched fabric, and ink and gold leaf on paper

page (each approx.): 10 1/16 x 6 11/16" (25.5 x 17 cm); overall (closed): 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 1/2" (25.7 x 17.2 x 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

17 variazioni su temi proposti per una pura ideologia fonetica

1955 · Illustrated book with cover (ink and gold leaf on canvas), scorched fabric, and ink and gold leaf on paper

page (each approx.): 10 1/16 x 6 11/16" (25.5 x 17 cm); overall (closed): 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 1/2" (25.7 x 17.2 x 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sacking and Red

Sacking and Red

1954 · Acrylic paint and hessian on canvas

support: 864 x 1003 mm frame: 893 x 1030 x 31 mm

Sackcloth 1953

1953 · Burlap and thread on canvas

33 7/8 x 39 3/8" (86 x 100 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

White (Bianco)

1952 · Oil, enamel, metallic paint, fabric, synthetic polymer, tar, paper, thread, and gold leaf on fabric

Without frame: 56.5 × 84.8 cm (22 1/4 × 33 7/16 in.); 56.2 × 84.8 cm (22 1/8 × 33 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mold (Muffa)

1946 · Oil, synthetic polymer, pumice, and metallic paint on canvas

Without frame: 72.1 × 80 cm (28 7/16 × 31 1/2 in.); 72.1 × 80.1 cm (28 3/8 × 31 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

17 published of 31 catalogued · 29 with image

MoMA
13 publishedof 27 catalogued25 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Sacking and Red
1954 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

White (Bianco) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alberto Burri (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

7

Movements1

Nouveau Realisme

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

University of Perugia

Visual Arts

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€600,000 – €800,000	Unsold