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Larry Bell

Larry Bell

1939

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SculptureMinimalismContemporary

Representation

None documented

11

Institutional Exhibitions

17

Works in Collection

31

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ202621

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986–1987

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Summer Light

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Contemporary Sculpture: Selections from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Gold

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978–1979

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Prints by Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Spaces

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969–1970

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Five Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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The Responsive Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

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

Source Registry (7)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/larry-bell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/larry-bell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Marianne-Boeskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/larry-bell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/larry-bell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Templonhttps://www.templon.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/444
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Larry Bell yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Minimalism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Pacific Red (V)

2017 · Laminated glass

Overall: 72 × 96 1/4 × 96 1/4 in. (182.9 × 244.5 × 244.5 cm) Overall (Hibiscus panel (each)): 72 × 96 × 1/2 in. (182.9 × 243.8 × 1.3 cm) Overall (Red Poppy panel (each)): 72 × 48 × 1/2 in. (182.9 × 121.9 × 1.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Homage to Chamberlain

2017 · Tyvex coated with Aluminum and Silicon Monoxide

Overall: 6 5/8 × 11 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (16.8 × 28.6 × 23.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2011 · Vacuum-coated materials on paper

30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1975 · Photolithographic reproductions of photographs

page 4 13/16 x 14 1/2" (12 x 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled #1 from an untitled series

Untitled #1 from an untitled series

1974 · One from a series of six screenprints with flocking

composition: 72 1/16 × 29 5/8" (183.1 × 75.2 cm); sheet: 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled #4 from an untitled series

Untitled #4 from an untitled series

1974 · One from a series of six screenprints with flocking

composition: 71 9/16 × 28 7/8" (181.7 × 73.3 cm); sheet: 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1974 · Series of six screenprints with flocking

composition (each): 72 1/16 × 29 5/8" (183 × 75.2 cm); sheet (each): 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled #6 from an untitled series

Untitled #6 from an untitled series

1974 · One from a series of six screenprints with flocking

composition: 72 5/16 × 30 1/2" (183.6 × 77.4 cm); sheet: 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled #3 from an untitled series

Untitled #3 from an untitled series

1974 · One from a series of six screenprints with flocking

composition: 71 5/16 × 28 15/16" (181.2 × 73.5 cm); sheet: 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled #2 from an untitled series

Untitled #2 from an untitled series

1974 · One from a series of six screenprints with flocking

composition: 71 15/16 × 29 1/4" (182.7 × 74.3 cm); sheet: 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled #5 from an untitled series

Untitled #5 from an untitled series

1974 · One from a series of six screenprints with flocking

composition: 71 3/4 × 30 1/2" (182.3 × 77.5 cm); sheet: 84 × 42" (213.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

displayed: 1880 x 5490 x 2440 mm

Untitled (Terminal Series)

Untitled (Terminal Series)

1968 · Vacuum plated glass coated with silicon monoxide, with metal binding

50.8 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm (20 × 20 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1967 · Metal and glass

object: 362 x 362 x 362 mm

Shadows

1967 · Partially silvered glass with chromium frame

14 1/4" x 14 1/4" x 14 1/4" (36.2 x 36.2 x 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1964 · Metal and glass

object: 222 x 222 x 222 mm

Untitled

1962 · Glass and wood

object: 349 x 324 x 222 mm

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Artwork sources (5)

17 published of 26 catalogued · 19 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued14 img
Tate
4 published4 img
Whitney
2 published
The Met
1 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1964 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1967 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1971 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

UntitledGoldBox1964

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Abteiberg3

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Mggarten

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Untitled (Terminal Series) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

10

Movements2

Minimalism Contemporary

Collections8

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

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

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Oct 2025	$6,000 – $8,000	Unsold