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Death by Burning
1942 · Tempera with egg white
12 1/8 x 9 5/8" (30.8 x 24.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Ben L. Culwell
1918
WA-00026722
Painting
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
5
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
No image
American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
No image
New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948
No image
Fourteen Americans
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946
Field Verification (5 fields)
1 cross-verified · 4 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Artworks (2)
Artwork sources (1)
2 published of 4 catalogued · 0 with image
- MoMA2 publishedof 4 catalogued
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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