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Artists›Jared French

Jared French

1905–1988

WA-00027160

Painting

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None documented

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ3162702 ULAN500053389

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Modern Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

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Twentieth Century Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942–1943

No image

Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
Death yearMoMA· 93%✓
Primary mediumMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%
DeceasedMoMA· 93%
NationalityMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1990
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/jared-french
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (60)

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Hero

1965 · Graphite pencil and pen and ink on paper

Sheet: 40 3/16 × 27 1/4 in. (102.1 × 69.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1961 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/16 in. (21 × 16 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Business

1959 · Graphite pencil and opaque watercolor on paper

Sheet: 11 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (30 × 36 cm) Image: 8 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (21.3 × 31.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Ted Starkowski

1954 · Pen, brush and ink on paper

Sheet: 15 × 11 9/16 in. (38.1 × 29.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for The Double

1950 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 in. (39.7 × 25.4 cm) Image: 11 × 6 3/8 in. (27.9 × 16.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Division No. 1

1950 · Graphite pencil and opaque watercolor on paper

Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 5/8 in. (23.2 × 27 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (15.9 × 24 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Face to Face

1949 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 24 1/8 × 14 3/8 in. (61.3 × 36.5 cm) Image: 22 × 11 in. (55.9 × 27.9 cm) Mount (Board): 26 × 18 in. (66 × 45.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1949 · Watercolor, pen and ink, wax crayon and graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 18 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (47.3 × 31.9 cm) Image: 13 11/16 × 10 in. (34.8 × 25.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Prose

1948 · TBC

Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 1/8 in. (27 × 35.9 cm) Image: 8 9/16 × 12 7/8 in. (21.7 × 32.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Evasion

1947 · tempera on canvas mounted to panel

Unframed: 54.5 x 29.2 x 0.7 cm (21 7/16 x 11 1/2 x 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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[Untitled]

1946 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (34 × 27 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 7 in. (24.8 × 17.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Margaret French, Paul Cadmus, Provincetown

1945 · Gelatin silver print

5 × 7" (12.7 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Study for Strange Man

1943 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 14 3/4 × 17 3/8 in. (37.5 × 44.1 cm) Image: 11 15/16 × 12 3/4 in. (30.3 × 32.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Music

1943 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 11 × 15 1/8 in. (27.9 × 38.4 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (22.2 × 34.3 cm) Mount: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Strange Man

1943 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet (sight): 13 × 15 in. (33 × 38.1 cm) Image: 12 × 12 3/4 in. (30.5 × 32.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Murder

1942 · Graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper

Sheet: 20 1/8 × 15 5/8 in. (51.1 × 39.7 cm) Image: 16 11/16 × 13 3/16 in. (42.4 × 33.5 cm) Mount: 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for Crew

1941 · Pen and ink, and graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 14 9/16 × 34 9/16 in. (37 × 87.8 cm) Image: 9 × 29 11/16 in. (22.9 × 75.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1940 · Wax crayon on paper

Sheet: 17 7/16 × 23 3/8 in. (44.3 × 59.4 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 22 in. (32.4 × 55.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1940 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 19 15/16 × 15 1/2 in. (50.6 × 39.4 cm) Image: 19 × 14 3/8 in. (48.3 × 36.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1940 · Watercolor and graphite pencil on board

Sheet: 13 × 16 13/16 in. (33 × 42.7 cm) Mount: 13 × 16 13/16 × 1/4 in. (33 × 42.7 × 0.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Study for The Double, Terror and Man

1940 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (26.4 × 35.2 cm) Image: 8 1/16 × 12 3/8 in. (20.5 × 31.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1940 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (36.8 × 24.4 cm) Image: 12 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (30.8 × 19.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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[Untitled]

1940 · Graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper

Sheet: 21 5/8 × 11 in. (54.9 × 27.9 cm) Image: 20 × 10 1/8 in. (50.8 × 25.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Washing the White Blood from Daniel Boone

1939 · tempera on masonite

71.1 x 77.5 cm (28 x 30 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

60 published of 84 catalogued · 51 with image

MoMA
25 publishedof 49 catalogued45 img
Whitney
24 published
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Evasion
1947 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Margaret French and Paul Cadmus, Fire Island
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Washing the White Blood from Daniel Boone
1939 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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George Platt Lynes
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Fidelma Cadmus, Fire Island
1932 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Record

Selected Credits

4 total

1944Modern Drawings — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1943Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1942Twentieth Century Portraits — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1942Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

Jared French

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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

Field Verification (6 fields)

Source Registry (2)

Why this artist matters now

Taste overlap and adjacency

Museum Collections

Artworks (60)

Artwork sources (4)

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

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Selected Credits

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