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Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray

1940–2007

WA-00016775

Painting

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

208

Works in Collection

333

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ212426

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Drawings of the Eighties from the Collection, Part I

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

No image

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

No image

Large Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

Contemporary Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

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An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

No image

Some Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

No image

Some Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Gladstonehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/elizabeth-murray
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Kordanskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/elizabeth-murray
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4185
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

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Medium

Painting

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (208)

Untitled

2006 · Etching

plate: 19 7/16 × 19 7/16" (49.3 × 49.3 cm); sheet: 28 7/16 × 26 3/4" (72.3 × 67.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2006 · Lithograph on Styrofoam with painted acrylic additions

overall: 35 7/8 × 42 5/8" (91.1 × 108.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

10 1/2 x 14" (26.7 x 35.6 cm), irreg.

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Ink on paper

7 5/8 x 10 1/2" (19.4 x 26.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Ink on paper

7 3/4 x 10 1/2" (19.7 x 26.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

8 1/2 x 13 3/4" (21.6 x 34.9 cm), irreg.

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

9 1/8 x 11" (23.2 x 27.9 cm), irreg.

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

8 1/2 x 14" (21.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

10 1/2 x 14" (26.7 x 35.6 cm), irreg.

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

8 1/2 x 12 1/2" (21.6 x 31.8 cm), irreg.

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Do the Dance

Study for Do the Dance

2005 · Colored pencil on paper

10 1/2 x 14" (26.7 x 35.6 cm), irreg.

Museum of Modern Art

Do the Dance

2005 · Oil on canvas on wood

9' 5" x 11' 3" x 1 1/2" (287 x 342.9 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2005 · Lithograph on cut-and-pasted paper with felt-tip pen and watercolor additions

composition (irreg.): 25 7/8 x 33" (65.7 x 83.8 cm); sheet: 28 x 35" (71.1 x 88.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Doubles

2004 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 11 1/4 x 8 9/16" (28.5 x 21.8 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 x 19 11/16" (39.8 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Small Cup)

2004 · Mezzotint

Plate: 6 1/16 x 4" (15.4 x 10.2 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 13/16" (37.5 x 27.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Mezzotint with watercolor and gouache additions

plate: 19 5/8 × 19 5/8" (49.8 × 49.8 cm); sheet: 27 5/8 × 24 5/8" (70.1 × 62.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2001 · Lithograph and screenprint on cut and raised paper

composition (irreg.): 39 15/16 x 34 1/16" (101.4 x 86.5 cm); sheet: 45 x 45" (114.3 x 114.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2001 · Lithograph on cut and raised paper

composition (irreg.) and sheet (irreg.): 29 3/16 x 34 3/8" (74.2 x 87.3 x 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dotty

2000 · Woodcut and linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 14 1/16 x 11 3/16" (35.7 x 28.4 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 16 3/4" (51 x 42.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

One O'Clock Jump

One O'Clock Jump

1999 · Lithograph and screenprint on cut and raised paper with crayon and watercolor additions

composition (irreg.): 13 x 20 15/16" (33 x 53.2 cm); sheet: 18 1/2 x 29" (47 x 73.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bonny Banks

1999 · Cut-and-pasted lithograph and screenprint with crayon and watercolor additions

overall: 17 3/4 x 13 x 2 1/2" (45.1 x 33 x 6.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flying Off

1998 · Etching and aquatint

composition (irreg.): 15 3/8 × 13 3/4" (39 × 35 cm); sheet: 22 × 18" (55.9 × 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cracking Cup

1998 · Lithograph on cut and raised paper

composition and sheet (irreg.): 34 3/8 x 39 3/4" (87.3 x 101 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1 Reason

1997 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 6 7/8 × 7 15/16" (17.4 × 20.2 cm); sheet: 15 5/8 × 16 1/4" (39.7 × 41.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

208 published of 308 catalogued · 244 with image

MoMA
100 publishedof 200 catalogued147 img
Art Institute Chicago
97 published97 img
Whitney
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
The Met
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Series 23: Whazzat #5
1996 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Down Dog
1988 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Back on Earth (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Back on Earth (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Back on Earth (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art