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Thomas Cornell

1937–2012

WA-00026663

Painting

Representation

None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ7788615

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1248
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (19)

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Frederick Douglass

1965 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Wild Boar

1960 · Engraving, printed with brown ink

Sheet: 30 x 30.5 cm (11 13/16 x 12 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Tondo, No. 2

1960 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Pig

1960 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate (folio 20) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 3/16 x 5 11/16" (23.4 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Monkey

1959 · Illustrated book with 13 etchings (including half title/title pages and colophon), 12 printed in black and 1 printed in color

irreg. page 12 15/16 x 9 13/16" (33 x 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 26) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 5 7/8 x 4 3/16" (15 x 10.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Half title page from The Monkey, \Half title page from\ The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 1 1/4 x 1 1/2" (3.2 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 22) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 1/8 x 6 3/8" (23.2 x 16.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 38) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 8 15/16 x 5 15/16" (22.8 x 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 24) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 x 6" (22.9 x 15.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 36) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 8 15/16 x 5 15/16" (22.8 x 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 30) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 1/8 x 5 11/16" (23.2 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 28) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 1/8 x 5 7/8" (23.2 x 15 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Colophon from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 5 1/16 x 2 15/16" (12.9 x 7.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9/16 x 1 1/16" (1.4 x 2.7 cm)

Plate (folio 32) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 x 5 13/16" (22.9 x 14.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 34) from The Monkey

1959 · Etching from an illustrated book with 13 etchings

plate 9 1/8 x 6" (23.2 x 15.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

19 published of 34 catalogued · 25 with image

MoMA
15 publishedof 30 catalogued25 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Pig
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Frederick Douglass
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Wild Boar
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tondo, No. 2
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

New York · 1964

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1960