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GC
Gross Clinic - Upstate
1985 · Charcoal on paper
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Jerome Witkin
1939
WA-00012631
PaintingAbstract ExpressionismExpressionismRealism
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
13
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (2 fields)
1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Source Registry (2)
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
- Artist IndexTier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About
Why this artist matters now
Jerome Witkin is an American figurative artist whose paintings deal with political, social and cultural themes, along with serious portraiture that melds the sitter's social position with a speaking likeness that reveals inner character. Witkin has been succinctly characterized as "a virtuoso figurative painter whose work mixes elements of the old masters, social realism and Abstract Expressionism ..."
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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Movement
Abstract Expressionism
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (5)
Artwork sources (2)
5 published of 5 catalogued · 0 with image
- The Met4 published
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)
1 entries · 1 sources
- 1975 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
Relationships
6Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Background
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Visual Arts
High School of Music & Art
Visual Arts
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Visual Arts
Cooper Union
Visual Arts
Prussian Academy of Arts
Visual Arts
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