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Artists›Allen Ruppersberg

Allen Ruppersberg

1944

WA-00012584

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

100

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ826298

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Projects: Allen Ruppersberg

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Bookworks

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

LocationWikidata + Gallery Generic· 80%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata· 92%
BiographyAi Generated· 42%

Source Registry (5)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/allen-ruppersberg
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Kavi-Guptahttps://www.artsy.net/artist/allen-ruppersberg
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5084
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/allen-ruppersberg
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Allen Ruppersberg yet.

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Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (48)

The Novel That Writes Itself

2014 · Artist's book

page (each): 11 7/8 x 9 3/4" (30.1 x 24.7 cm); overall (closed): 13 1/16 x 11 13/16 x 4 5/16" (33.2 x 30 x 11 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Chapter VI

2009 · Artist's book with poster

Museum of Modern Art

The Never Ending Book

2007 · 19 wooden pieces of furniture, 39 cardboard boxes, 800 digital prints, 2 banners and 8 letterpress prints on paper

Overall display dimensions variable

Tate

Honey, I rearranged the collection because I think it's fun. Remember the Fun Gallery in the East Village? Fun counts!

2001 · Pressure-sensitive labels and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection with artists we only say "hello" to.

2001 · Transfer type, colored pencil, and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection as an excuse to stay away from CHELSEA. It scares me.

2001 · Pressure-sensitive labels and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection with artists who knew each other, but were different ages; artists who knew each other but worked differently; and artists who were influenced by artists who were soon forgotten.

2001 · Pressure-sensitive labels, transfer type, and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection using artists whom we know virtually nothing about.

2001 · Pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection to see if we got our money's worth.

2001 · Transfer type, colored pencil, and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Honey, I rearranged the collection according to two categories: Nice and Not Nice.

2000 · Pencil, silkscreen on paper

Sheet: 22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection because I miss NY, Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, Milan and the Cape.

2000 · Pastel and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection using only artists with three letters in their last name.

2000 · Pastel and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection because sometimes artists bug me. One came to the door today completely unannounced.

2000 · Pastel, crayon, and pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Honey, I rearranged the collection according to two categories: Nice and Not Nice.

2000 · Pencil on printed paper

22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stop Traveler (Siste Viator)

1993 · Reproductions of twenty books by various authors

installation (irreg., with bookends): 10 1/16 x 29 5/8 x 7 9/16" (25.5 x 75.2 x 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Remainders: Novel, Sculpture, Film

1991 · Self-published books, oak table, and cardboard boxes

45 x 47 1/2 x 29 7/8" (114.4 x 120.6 x 75.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poster Object (Progress Not Adventure/Adventure Not Progress)

1988 · Screenprint on linen

sheet: 22 1/8 x 14" (56.2 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Adults Only from Preview

1988 · One from a series of ten lithographs

composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Preview

1988 · Series of ten lithographs

composition (each): 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet (each) 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Who's Afraid of the New Now? from Preview

1988 · One from a series of ten lithographs

composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nostalgia 24 Hours a Day from Preview

1988 · One from a series of ten lithographs

composition: 21 5/16 x 13 1/4" (54.2 x 33.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 x 14 1/16" (56.2 x 35.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

It's Not Art (That Counts Now) from Preview

1988 · One from a series of ten lithographs

composition: 21 5/16 x 13 1/4" (54.2 x 33.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 x 13 7/8" (56.2 x 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Are You Crying? from Preview

1988 · One from a series of ten lithographs

composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

What Should I Do? from Preview

1988 · One from a series of ten lithographs

composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

48 published of 95 catalogued · 67 with image

MoMA
45 publishedof 92 catalogued65 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Tate
1 published1 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

The Never Ending Book
2007 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Photography

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Phillips Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Chouinard Art Institute

Visual Arts

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Phillips	Jun 2025	$600 – $900	Unsold
Untitled	Phillips	Jun 2025	$200 – $300	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Selections from the Art Lending Service

New York · 1978

Solo Exhibition Projects: Allen Ruppersberg

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Bookworks

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service

New York · 1976