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Paul Wunderlich

Paul Wunderlich

1927

WA-00014292

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

51

Works in Collection

98

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ316829

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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A Museum Menagerie

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6463
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-wunderlich
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Paul Wunderlich was a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He designed Surrealist paintings and erotic sculptures. He often created paintings which referred to mythological legends.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (51)

Car, Bulldogs and Portliness

1971 · Lithograph

Sheet 33 1/8 x 24 15/16" (84.1 x 63.3 cm) Comp. 29 1/2 x 22 1/2" (74.9 x 57.1 cm)(irreg.)

Museum of Modern Art

The Young Dürer, His Hand and His Pillow

1970 · Lithograph

Sheet 33 1/8 x 24 7/8" (84.1 x 63.2 cm) Comp. 29 11/16 x 22 3/8" (75.4 x 56.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A DECISIVE MOMENT

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 1/2 x 24 3/4" (85.1 x 62.9 cm) Comp. 29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.5 x 85.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

EVE, THE SINFUL DEED INITIATED

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 7/16 x 24 13/16" (84.9 x 63.0 cm) Comp. 30 1/2 x 23 1/8" (77.5 x 58.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THE DIAGRAM OF ADAM BY DÜRER ACCORDING TO JUSTI

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 1/2 x 24 13/16" (85.1 x 63.0 cm) Comp. 29 13/16 x 22 1/2" (76.0 x 57.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

DESIGN FOR A CUSHION FROM NÜRENBERG

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 1/2 x 24 3/4" (85.1 x 62.9 cm) Comp. 29 13/16 x 22 5/8" (75.7 x 56.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Dürer

1970 · Portfolio of ten lithographs

Dimensions: (see individual)

Museum of Modern Art

THIS IS HOW THE WOMEN BATHE IN BREMEN I

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 1/2 x 24 3/4" (85.1 x 62.8 cm) Comp. 29 7/8 x 22 9/16" (75.9 x 57.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THIS IS HOW THE WOMEN BATHE IN BREMEN II

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 24 11/16 x 33 9/16" (62.7 x 85.1 cm) Comp. 22 5/8 x 29 7/8" (57.5 x 75.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THE EYE IS AS BIG AS THE NOSTRIL

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 1/4 x 24 15/16" (84.5 x 63.4 cm) Comp. 29 7/8 x 22 1/2" (75.9 x 57.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

ADAM, HOLDING TIGHT TO THE LITTLE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 33 1/2 x 24 3/4" (58.1 x 62.9 cm) Comp. 30 1/16 x 22 13/16" (76.3 x 57.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A NYMPH FROM VIENNA

1970 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet 24 3/4 x 33 3/8" (62.9 x 84.8 cm) Comp. 22 1/8 x 30 1/8" (56.2 x 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

...Deine Lenden Stehen...

...Deine Lenden Stehen...

1969 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 60 × 45 cm (23 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 64.7 × 49.7 cm (25 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jutta on the Studio Sofa (Jutta auf dem Ateliersofa)

1968 · etching on brown paper

Paper: 48.9 x 67.3 cm (19 1/4 x 26 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Afternoon Tea

1967 · Etching and aquatint on white wove paper

Plate: 52.4 × 35.2 cm (20 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 66 × 50 cm (26 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1967 · Lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

1967 · Pencil and gouache on paper

25 5/8 x 19 3/4" (65 x 49.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jeu de Paume

1966 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 33.9 × 28 cm (13 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 45 cm (22 1/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

COME ON ANGEL (Viens mon ange)

1966 · Lithograph, printed in color

composition 22 11/16 x 16 9/16" (57.6 x 42.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1966 · Lithograph, printed in color

Sheet and comp. 19 13/16 x 25 11/16" (50.3 x 65.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bosomfriends I

1965 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 25 13/16 x 19 7/8" (65.5 x 50.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Stockings

1965 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 1/8 x 15 3/4" (58.8 x 40cm); sheet: 25 3/4 x 19 13/16" (65.4 x 50.4cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head with Swan (Self-Portrait)

Head with Swan (Self-Portrait)

1965 · Lithograph

composition: 25 13/16 x 19 13/16" (65.5 x 50.3cm); sheet: 25 13/16 x 19 13/16" (65.5 x 50.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aurora

1964 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

65.5 × 50.4 cm (25 13/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

51 published of 94 catalogued · 39 with image

MoMA
35 publishedof 78 catalogued24 img
Art Institute Chicago
15 published15 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Jutta on the Studio Sofa (Jutta auf dem Ateliersofa)
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Paul Wunderlich (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition A Museum Menagerie

New York · 1975

Group Exhibition Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

New York · 1964