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Artists›Piero Dorazio

Piero Dorazio

Artist

WA-00026888

PaintingGeometric AbstractionConstructivismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ459648 ULAN500010826

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

No image

The Responsive Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961–1962

Field Verification (2 fields)

0 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/piero-dorazio
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/piero-dorazio
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1587
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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No biography available for Piero Dorazio yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Geometric Abstraction

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

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Dust jacket from LA BRACE DELLE PAROLE

1984

irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 17 11/16" (32 x 44.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 37) from LA BRACE DELLE PAROLE

1984

irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 6 3/4" (18.5 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 7) from LA BRACE DELLE PAROLE

1984

irreg. composition 8 1/16 x 7 3/16" (20.5 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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La Brace delle Parole: 1981-1983

1984 · Illustrated book with three screenprints

Museum of Modern Art

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Tondo

1983 · Color aquatint

Sheet: 23 3/8 × 19 1/8 in. (59.4 × 48.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1983 · Aquatint

Sheet: 17 in. × 13 1/2 in. (43.2 × 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics

1983 · Lithograph

33 1/2 × 24 1/4" (85.1 × 61.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1975 · Color aquatint

Sheet: 19 11/16 × 27 9/16 in. (50 × 70 cm) Plate: 13 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (35 × 50 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1970 · Color aquatint

Sheet: 19 11/16 × 27 9/16 in. (50 × 70 cm) Plate: 13 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (35 × 50 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled XXI

1968 · Color aquatint on white wove paper

Image: 31.8 × 41.1 cm (12 9/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 32.3 × 41.7 cm (12 3/4 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet, sight: 37.2 × 46 cm (14 11/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled XXI

1968 · Aquatint

plate: 12 3/4 x 16 3/8" (32.4 x 41.6cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 1/2" (49.6 x 64.7cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Very Sharp

1965 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1556 x 2349 mm frame: 1610 x 2410 x 60 mm

Tate

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j n d (Just Noticeable Difference)

1964 · Color aquatint

Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 3/8 in. (22.6 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 18 9/16 in. (34.6 × 47.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hand of Mercy

1963 · Oil on canvas

64 1/8 x 51 3/8" (162.6 x 130.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1962 · Lithograph

composition: 15 7/8 x 22 3/8" (40.3 x 56.8cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 27 5/16" (50.5 x 69.4cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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SCINTILLATION II

1962 · Etching and aquatint

Plate 7 7/8 x 8 3/4" (20.0 x 22.2 cm) Sheet 13 5/8 x 17 11/16" (34.7 x 45.0 cm)

Sheet: 27 3/8 × 20 7/8 in. (69.5 × 53 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1961 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 25 3/8 × 20 11/16" (64.5 × 52.6 cm); sheet: 34 15/16 × 25 5/16" (88.7 × 64.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1959 · Charcoal and wash on paper

22 5/8 x 30 5/8" (57.5 x 77.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Relief

1953 · Painted wood and celluloid in frame

17 x 21 1/2 x 5 1/8" (43 x 54.8 x 13 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

20 published of 32 catalogued · 12 with image

MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued10 img
The Met
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Very Sharp
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements3

Geometric Abstraction Constructivism Abstract Art

Collections5

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€1,000 – €1,500	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€2,000 – €3,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€3,000 – €4,000	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

New York · 1967

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

New York · 1966

Group Exhibition The Responsive Eye

New York · 1965

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1961