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Artists›Julio Le Parc

Julio Le Parc

Julio Le Parc

1928

WA-00016041

Mendoza, Argentina

SculptureOp ArtKinetic Art

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

16

Works in Collection

32

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ177313

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Latin-American Art, 1931�1966, 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

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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Julio Le Parc | Tate Modern

Tate

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Galleria-Continuahttps://www.galleriacontinua.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3432
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Op Art

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (16)

Plate 5 (folio 22) from DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

1984 · Pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 19 5/8 x 13 3/4" (49.9 x 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 14 (folio 49) from DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

1984 · Pochoir, printed in color

composition 19 5/8 x 13 3/4" (49.9 x 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 22 (folio 73) from DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

1984 · Pochoir, printed in color

composition 19 5/8 x 13 3/4" (49.9 x 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1969 · Lithograph on paper

image: 229 x 147 mm

Number 2 (Numero 3)

1966 · Screenprint

Sheet and comp. 25 13/16 x 25 3/4" (65.6 c 65.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1966 · Screenprint

Sheet and comp. 25 13/16 x 25 3/4" (65.6 x 65.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Le Parc - Denise René - December 1966

Le Parc - Denise René - December 1966

1966 · Lithograph

30 x 16 1/2" (76.2 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Form in Contortion over Thread (Forme en Contorsion sur Trame)

1966 · Wood, metal, motor, silkscreen on cardboard, and acrylic on wood

64 3/16 × 39 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (163 × 100 × 16 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virtual Forms in Various Situations

Virtual Forms in Various Situations

1965 · Wood, aluminium and polystyrene

object: 375 x 600 x 370 mm

Continual Mobile, Continual Light

Continual Mobile, Continual Light

1963 · Painted wood, aluminium and nylon thread

object:1575 x 1600 x 505

Continual Light Cylinder

1963 · Wood, acrylic sheet, projectors, and motors

14 ft. 9 3/16 in. × 11 ft. 5 13/16 in. × 55 1/8 in. (450 × 350 × 140 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Continuous Instability--Light

1962 · Painted wood screen recessed in cylinder; and projection apparatus in wood box, including electric bulb, dangling aluminum blades, with four interchangeable pierced metal screens

screen 43 1/2" (110.5 cm) diameter, cylinder 15" (38 cm) deep, box 19 5/8 x 9 x 9" (49.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Instability through Movement of the Spectator

Instability through Movement of the Spectator

1962 · Synthetic polymer paint on wood and polished aluminum in painted wood box

28 5/8 x 57 1/8 x 36 1/2" (72.6 x 145 x 92.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double Concurrence--Continuous Light, 2

Double Concurrence--Continuous Light, 2

1961 · Black wood box, 21 x 19 3/4 x 5 5/8" (53.4 x 50 x 14.1 cm), with illuminated aperture, 7 7/8 x 8" (20 x 20.2 cm), in which fifty-four plastic squares, 1 1/2 x 1 1/2" (3.6 x 3.6 cm), are suspended from eighteen nylon threads; mirror backing, 11 7/8 x 16" (30.1 x 40.4 cm), two reflectors, three sets of interchangeable pierced metal screens, and two glass filters

Museum of Modern Art

Spectrum of 14 Colors in 196 Squares

1959 · Opaque watercolor with graphite on board

13 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (34 × 34 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Quantitative Sequences

1959 · Black ink and opaque watercolor with graphite on board

19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (49.5 × 49.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

16 published of 25 catalogued · 9 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued6 img
The Met
4 published
Tate
3 published3 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Continual Mobile, Continual Light
1963 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Virtual Forms in Various Situations
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artwork: Untitled

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Artsy artwork: Julio Le Parc – Set of 2 artworks (2015/2016)

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Artsy artist portrait

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Woman with Hair in a Bun (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

8

Movements2

Op Art Kinetic Art

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Tate Christie's Rago Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

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