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Carl Buchheister

Carl Buchheister

Artist

WA-00026426

PaintingGeometric AbstractionConstructivismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

9

Works in Collection

15

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ476542 ULAN500003056

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/843
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/carl-buchheister
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Movement

Geometric Abstraction

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

Composition Kewo

Composition Kewo

1961 · Etching on paper

image: 292 x 393 mm

Plate 3 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 3 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1961 · Etching and drypoint from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 4 1/2 × 5 11/16" (11.4 × 14.5 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition Kolvil

Composition Kolvil

1960 · Oil paint and resin on cardboard

support: 565 x 770 mm

Composition Ursiem

Composition Ursiem

1959 · Graphite, ink, oil paint and adhesive on paper mounted on cardboard

support: 302 x 389 x 23 mm

Composition Juviem

Composition Juviem

1959 · Ink on paper mounted onto cardboard

support: 302 x 389 x 23 mm

Composition Gowa

Composition Gowa

1958 · Ink and watercolour on paper

support: 322 x 240 mm

Composition Har

Composition Har

1957 · Ink on paper

support: 298 x 421 mm

Composition

1933 · Gouache and cut-and-pasted board

20 1/2 x 15" (52.1 x 38.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition Number 27

1927 · Oil and tempera on plywood

19 3/8 x 25 1/8" (48.7 x 63.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

9 published of 12 catalogued · 10 with image

Tate
6 published6 img
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Composition Juviem
1959 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Composition Kolvil
1960 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Composition Kewo
1961 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Composition Gowa
1958 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Composition Har
1957 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Composition Ursiem
1959 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements3

Geometric Abstraction Constructivism Abstract Art

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

New York · 1985

Group Exhibition Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

New York · 1977