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Hans Erni

Hans Erni

Artist

WA-00026997

PaintingStreet ArtRealismFiguration

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

87

Works in Collection

171

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ667671 ULAN500007927

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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The Modern Poster

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Collage and the Photo-Image

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Film Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Travel Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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Posters by Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

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Swiss Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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New Posters from 16 Countries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Modern Art in Your Life

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1750
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Street Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (87)

Cinquième promenade (plate, page 30) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Deuxième promenade (plate, page 12) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Première promenade (plate, page 6) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Huitième promenade (plate, page 48) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Quatrième promenade (plate, page 24) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sixième promenade (plate, page 36) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Troisième promenade (plate, page 18) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Septième promenade (plate, page 42) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Neuvième promenade (plate, page 54) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dixièmem promenade (plate, page 60) from Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · One from an illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate: 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page: 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Extraits)

2008 · Illustrated book with eleven etchings

plate (each): 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 x 9 3/4" (32.5 x 24.8 cm) overall (closed): 13 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 11/16" (33.5 x 26 x 4.3 cm); box: 13 7/16 x 10 7/16 x 1 15/16" (34.1 x 26.5 x 5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1956 · red ballpoint pen

Cleveland Museum of Art

1956 · red ballpoint pen

Cleveland Museum of Art

Headpiece (page 60) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 6 11/16 x 10" (17 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 59) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 5 7/8 x 9 3/16" (15 x 23.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 30) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 10 1/4 x 8 5/8" (26 x 21.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 11) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 8 7/8 x 9 5/8" (22.5 x 24.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 88) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 8 7/16 x 9 3/16" (21.5 x 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 57) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 6 1/2 x 9 15/16" (16.5 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 91) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 5 5/16 x 8 7/8" (13.5 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 84) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 6 1/8 x 10" (15.5 x 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 12) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 5 1/4 x 8 1/4" (13.3 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 51) from HISTOIRES NATURELLES

irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.5 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

87 published of 168 catalogued · 18 with image

MoMA
82 publishedof 163 catalogued18 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Male Nude
1956 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Golden Wall (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Golden Wall (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements5

Street Art Realism Figuration Constructivism Social Realism

Collections2

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US