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Artists›Judith Shea

Judith Shea

1948

WA-00014042

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ6303669

MoMA

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Artsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5381
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/judith-shea
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Judith Shea is an American sculptor and artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948. She was awarded a degree in fashion design from the Parsons School of Design in 1969 and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree there in 1975. This dual education formed the basis for her figure based works.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (13)

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Plate (folio 17 verso) from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 7/8 x 8 15/16" (22.5 x 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Second title page from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 5/8 x 1 1/2" (4.1 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 10) from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 13/16 x 6 9/16" (27.5 x 16.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate (folios 13 verso and 16) from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching, printed in black

irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 18 7/8" (31.5 x 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Haibun

1990 · Illustrated book with seven soft ground etchings

page 13 1/16 x 9 15/16" (33 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 8) from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching, printed in black

irreg. composition 9 5/16 x 10" (23.6 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 12) from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 1/16 x 9 3/4" (33.2 x 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 5 verso) from HAIBUN

1990 · Soft ground etching, printed in black

irreg. composition 11 7/16 x 4 3/16" (29 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Olive Press Portfolio I: Up to the Light

1986 · lithograph

Sheet: 67.5 x 48.6 cm (26 9/16 x 19 1/8 in.); Image: 29.1 x 20.8 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Olive Press Portfolio I

1986 · portfolio of 3 etchings, 2 lithographs, 2 woodcuts, 1 monotype, 1 screenprint, and 1 engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

Crawl

1983 · Bronze

6 x 22 x 11 1/2" (15.2 x 55.9 x 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Sphinx Relaxed

1983 · Bronze brushed with silver nitrate and oak

H. 35-1/2, W. 14, D. 42 in. (90.2 x 35.6 x 106.7 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Vests (1, 1A, 2, 2A)

1967 · Four cotton canvas vests, fabric paint

Installation variable, see components

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (4)

13 published of 22 catalogued · 2 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
The Met
1 published
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Olive Press Portfolio I: Up to the Light
1986 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Olive Press Portfolio I
1986 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

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