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Artists›William Morris

William Morris

British, 1834–1896

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None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

113

Works in Collection

141

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ182589

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946–1947

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7061
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (113)

Rabbit Pattern Printed Fabric (no. 23583)

1938 · Cotton

36 x 37" (91.5 x 94 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Strawberry Thief

1936 · plain weave cotton, discharge printed

Overall: 88.3 x 99.1 cm (34 3/4 x 39 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Snakeshead

1920 · plain weave cotton, printed

Overall: 85.1 x 100.3 cm (33 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Marigold

1920 · plain weave cotton, printed

Overall: 91.4 x 92.7 cm (36 x 36 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kennet

1920 · plain weave cotton, printed

Overall: 90.2 x 97.8 cm (35 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Honeysuckle

1900 · plain weave linen, printed

Overall: 87 x 90.5 cm (34 1/4 x 35 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Leaf from the Kelmscott Chaucer

1896 · set in Chaucer and Troy types in black and red with decorative initials by William Morris, on laid paper

overall: 42.4 x 29.2 cm (16 11/16 x 11 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted

1896 · Hand-printed book on Batchelor linen paper, bound with tooled white pigskin on oak board

44.5 × 36 × 7 cm (17 9/16 × 14 3/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bachelor’s Button

1892 · Woodblock print in orange and white inks on cream wove paper

56 × 69.2 cm (22 × 27 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ispahan

1888 · Jacquard woven wool

102.2 × 66 cm (40 1/2 × 26 1/2 in.); Repeat: 12 × 66 cm (44 × 26 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Willow Bough

1887 · Woodblock print in green, white, and brown inks on cream wove paper

67.5 × 56 cm (26 1/2 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pink and Rose

1885 · Block-printed in distemper colors

Sheet: 27 x 21 1/2 in. (68.6 x 54.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ceiling No. 155

1885 · Woodblock print in colored inks on cream wove paper

53 × 66.9 cm (20 7/8 × 26 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Medway

1885 · Indigo discharged block printed cotton

188 × 100.7 cm (74 × 39 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Holland Park carpet

1885 · Wool

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cray

1884 · Cotton, plain weave, block printed

280.8 × 97.8 cm (110 5/8 × 38 1/2 in.); Repeat: 94.5 × 45 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cray

1884 · Block printed cotton

34.3 × 48.3 cm (13 1/2 × 19 in.); Repeat: 92 × 45 cm (36 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wild Tulip

1884 · Woodblock print in colored inks on cream wove paper

63.7 × 56 cm (25 1/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wild Tulip

1884 · Woodblock print in colored inks on cream wove paper

58.4 × 55.9 cm (23 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wandle

1884 · Indigo discharge block printed cotton

111.1 × 92.4 cm (43 3/4 × 36 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cray

1884 · Block printed cotton

142.9 × 94.6 cm (56 1/4 × 37 1/4 in.); Repeat: 92 × 45 cm (36 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chrysanthemum Pattern Printed Fabric (no. 23612)

1884 · Cotton

37" x 37 3/4" (94 x 95.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cray

1884 · Cotton, plain weave, block printed

279.7 × 97.8 cm (110 1/8 × 38 1/2 in.); Repeat: 94.5 × 45 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wey

1883 · Cotton, twill weave; block printed; two panels joined

234.5 × 136.5 cm (92 3/8 × 49 3/4 in.); Repeat: 30.5 × 20.6 cm (12 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (7)

113 published of 118 catalogued · 115 with image

Art Institute Chicago
79 published79 img
Tate
10 published10 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 12 catalogued12 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published6 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
The Met
5 published2 img
Nga
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 2 sources

Jager in een bos
1851 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Tulip
1875 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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An Angel with a Pipe
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Honeysuckle Pattern (no. 23596)
1876 · MoMA · 1 prov
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Figure of Guinevere
1858 · Tate · 1 prov
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Guinevere and Iseult: Cartoon for Stained Glass
1862 · Tate · 1 prov
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Kennet
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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An Angel with a Harp
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

14 assets

Smithsonian Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Collections7

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art National Gallery of Art

Institutional

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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Tate

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

New York · 1946