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Artists›Blinky Palermo

Blinky Palermo

Blinky Palermo

German, 1943–1977

WA-00023737

Leipzig, Germany

PaintingFiguration

Representation

None documented

10

Institutional Exhibitions

58

Works in Collection

107

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ565472

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

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Drawing Now: 1955�1975

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Recent Acquisitions, 1968�1973

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

Field Verification (5 fields)

4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Duplicate Merge· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge· 92%✓
LocationWikidata· 92%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/blinky-palermo
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4474
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Figuration

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (58)

Untitled

1976 · Oil on notebook paper with pencil on board

11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.9 x 21 cm) (each)

Museum of Modern Art

Happier than the morning sun “to Stevie Wonder”

Happier than the morning sun “to Stevie Wonder”

1975 · Plywood and 4 lithographs on paper

displayed: 614 x 843 x 32 mm

Palermo, catalogue from Beitrag der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zur Biennale São Paulo

1975 · Exhibition catalogue

Museum of Modern Art

4 White Forms

1975 · Synthetic polymer paint on aluminum, four panels

Each 10 1/2 x 8 1/2" (26.7 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1974 · Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

plate: 18 7/8 x 13 5/16" (47.9 x 33.8cm); sheet: 26 x 19 5/8" (66 x 49.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ohne Titel

1973 · Paint on plywood with mirror

object: 319 x 215 x 30 mm

Box catalogue for the exhibition PALERMO [Objects] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, January 22 – February 25, 1973

1973 · Cardboard box containing thirty-four individual cards

Box: 7 7/8 × 6 5/16 × 1 1/8" (20 × 16 × 2.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from an untitled portfolio

Untitled from an untitled portfolio

1973 · Screenprint from a portfolio with two lithographs and one screenprint

composition: 19 11/16 × 13 13/16" (50 × 35.1 cm); heet: 19 11/16 × 13 13/16" (50 × 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1973 · Portfolio of two lithographs and a screenprint

sheet (each approx.): 19 11/16 × 13 13/16" (50 × 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from an untitled portfolio

Untitled from an untitled portfolio

1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio with two lithographs and one screenprint

composition (irreg.): 16 11/16 × 7 3/4" (42.4 × 19.7 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 × 13 13/16" (50 × 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from an untitled portfolio

Untitled from an untitled portfolio

1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio with two lithographs and one screenprint

composition: 2 9/16 × 5 3/16" (6.5 × 13.2 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 × 13 13/16" (50 × 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fünf Miniaturen

Fünf Miniaturen

1972 · 5 foil embossed prints on paper

image, each: 400 x 270 mm

Auto

1972 · Paper on screenprint on paper

image: 360 x 575 mm

Untitled

1972 · dyed fabric over wooden stretcher

60.3 × 130.2 cm (23 3/4 × 51 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

1972 · Screenprint

composition: 2 7/8 x 1 7/16" (7.3 x 3.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 5/8" (40 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

1972 · Screenprint

composition: 2 7/8 x 1 7/16" (7.3 x 3.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 5/8" (40 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

1972 · Screenprint

composition: 2 7/8 x 1 7/16" (7.3 x 3.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 5/8" (40 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

1972 · Screenprint

composition: 2 7/8 x 1 7/16" (7.3 x 3.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 5/8" (40 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

Untitled from the portfolio Miniatures

1972 · Screenprint

composition (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 1 7/16" (14.9 x 3.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 5/8" (40 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Miniatures

1972 · Portfolio of five screenprints

composition: 2 7/8 x 1 7/16" (7.3 x 3.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 5/8" (40 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1971 · Envelope on paper

26 3/4 x 19" (67.9 x 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Entwurf für Graphik zur Wandmalerei, Bremerhaven

1971 · Gouache, pencil, and ballpoint pen on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Olive/Silver

1971 · Screenprint

composition: 25 13/16 x 22 11/16" (65.6 x 57.6 cm); sheet: 28 3/4 x 25 3/4" (73 x 65.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1971 · Crayon on sandpaper with gouache on printed paper

17 3/8 x 10 1/2" (44 x 26.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

58 published of 104 catalogued · 89 with image

MoMA
46 publishedof 92 catalogued77 img
Tate
10 published10 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

[title not known]
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Auto
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Graue Scheibe, blaues Dreieck
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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[title not known]
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Flipper
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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[title not known]
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Fünf Miniaturen
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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[title not known]
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Happier than the morning sun “to Stevie Wonder”
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
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Ohne Titel
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Untitled (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

26

Peers & Context20

Agnes Martinco-exhibitedRichard Artschwagerco-exhibited Carl Andreco-exhibited Ad Reinhardtco-exhibited Gerhard Richterco-exhibited Mark Rothkoco-exhibited

Movements1

Collections5

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate Christie's Gagosian

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

Related Artists

Richard Artschwager

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Gerhard Richter

co exhibited with

co exhibited with