Soft Lapping of Waves, Green (Leiser Wellenschlag, Grün)
2005 · Oil on canvas
304.5 × 204.5 cm (119 7/8 × 80 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Per Kirkeby
1938
WA-00013515
Copenhagen, Denmark
Painting
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
115
Works in Collection
191
Assets Indexed
5
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Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
No image
An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984
Field Verification (3 fields)
3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
- LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
Source Registry (3)
- White-CubeTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artist IndexTier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About
Why this artist matters now
Per Kirkeby was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are represented in many important public collections, including the Tate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Pompidou.
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Artwork sources (3)
115 published of 179 catalogued · 123 with image
- Tate52 published52 img
- MoMA51 publishedof 115 catalogued59 img
- Art Institute Chicago12 published12 img
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10 entries · 1 sources
- 1995 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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- 1995 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1995 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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