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Artists›Marisa Merz

Marisa Merz

1926⚠

WA-00013711

Turin, Italy

PaintingArte Povera

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ6765578

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (5)

Gladstonehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/marisa-merz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/marisa-merz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7391
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/marisa-merz
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Marisa Merz was an Italian artist and sculptor. In the 1960s, Merz was the only female protagonist associated with the radical Arte povera movement. In 2013 she was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale. She lived and worked in Turin, Italy.

Source: Gladstone · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Arte Povera

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

WattsOS

Untitled

1996 · Spray paint and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1993 · Graphite on paper

62 1/2 × 59" (158.8 × 149.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Stave)

1993 · Copper wire, gold leaf on clay, and steel

Dimensions variable, Museum installation 10' 5 3/4" x 22' 8" (322.5 x 690.8 cm); clay 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 1/2" (15.6 x 14 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1969 · Steel and nylon

object: 290 x 290 x 14 mm

Tate

Untitled

1969 · Steel and nylon

object: 240 x 330 x 20 mm

Tate

Untitled (Little shoe)

1968 · Nylon and paraffin

object: 60 x 195 x 135 mm

Tate

Untitled (Living Sculpture)

1966 · Aluminium

Overall displayed dimensions variable

Tate

Living Sculpture

1966 · Aluminum and paint

351.2 × 264.2 × 180.3 cm (138 1/4 × 104 × 71 in.) Three individual elements: A: 334.6 × 137.2 × 85.1 cm (131 3/4 × 54 × 33 1/2") B: 205.7 × 101 × 87.6 cm (81 × 39 3/4 × 34 1/2") C: 284.5 × 88.9 × 87.6 cm (112 × 35 × 34 1/2")

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1966 · Wire mesh and hemp

60" (152.4) high x 23" (58.4 cm) in diameter

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

9 published of 13 catalogued · 12 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued7 img
Tate
4 published4 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled (Little shoe)
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled (Living Sculpture)
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Arte Povera

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

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