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1986 · Felt-tip pen and pencil on paper
8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Rammellzee
1960
WA-00021389
Painting
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
14
Works in Collection
30
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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New Humans: Memories of the Future
New Museum
2026
Field Verification (3 fields)
1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy + Gallery Generic· 85%
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (2)
- DeitchTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Why this artist matters now
Rammellzee was a visual artist, gothic futurist graffiti writer, painter, performance artist, art theoretician, sculptor and a hip-hop musician from New York City, who has been cited as "instrumental in introducing elements of the avant-garde into hip-hop culture".
Source: Deitch · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Artworks (14)
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Artwork sources (1)
14 published of 28 catalogued · 24 with image
- MoMA14 publishedof 28 catalogued24 img
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In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
New Museum
SoHo, United States
In collection
New Museum
SoHo, United States
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