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Abelardo Morell

Cuban-American, 1948

WA-00024031

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WikidataQ4666660

MoMA

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4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06· 95%✓
Birth yearManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06· 95%✓
NationalityManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06· 95%✓
Wikidata IdManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06· 95%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%

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Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/abelardo-morell
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Manual Rehabilitationhttps://www.moma.org/artists/6917
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

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Why this artist matters now

Abelardo Morell is a Cuban-born photographer best known for large-format camera obscura images that transform domestic interiors and architectural spaces into inverted, dreamlike compositions. Working primarily in black and white, he constructs elaborate setups using a modified camera obscura technique, projecting exterior light through a small aperture onto interior walls to create ethereal, spatially disorienting photographs. His practice sits at the intersection of analog photography, architectural intervention, and perceptual inquiry, examining how light and optics reshape our experience of familiar environments.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (11)

The Island of Rota

2010 · Illustrated book with twelve digital prints and one supplementary digital print

page (each): 13 3/8 x 9 13/16" (34 x 25 cm); overall (closed): 13 15/16 x 11 5/8 x 1 5/16" (35.4 x 29.5 x 3.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Mirror, Glass, Water and Wine

2004 · Gelatin silver print

18 1/16 × 22 3/8" (45.8 × 56.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pencil

2000 · Gelatin silver print

22 7/16 × 18 1/8" (57 × 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Book and Mirror on Round Table

2000 · Gelatin silver print

18 1/8 × 22 7/16" (46 × 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Dictionaries

2000 · Gelatin silver print

22 7/16 × 18" (57 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Camera Obscura Image of the Empire State Building in Bedroom

1994 · Gelatin silver print

17 15/16 × 22 1/2" (45.6 × 57.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Book: Pieta by El Greco

1993 · Gelatin silver print

17 15/16 × 22 7/16" (45.5 × 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street in our Living Room

1991 · Gelatin silver print

17 7/8 × 22 1/2" (45.4 × 57.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Light Bulb

1991 · Gelatin silver print

17 15/16 × 22 1/4" (45.5 × 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Camera Obscura Image of the Pantheon in the Hotel des Grandes Hommes

1990 · Gelatin silver print

18 1/8 × 22 7/16" (46 × 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brady Sitting

1989 · Gelatin silver print

22 1/2 × 17 7/8" (57.2 × 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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11 published of 34 catalogued · 33 with image

MoMA
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+ 1 more source · 23 catalogued, not yet published

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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