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HOMAGE TO WEBERN III
1963 · Embossment printed in black and color
22 1/2 x 29 7/8" (57.1 x 76.0 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Yves Gaucher
1934
WA-00027235
PaintingColor FieldAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
10
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Canada '67
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
No image
Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
Field Verification (3 fields)
2 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Yves Gaucher was a Canadian abstract artist known for large-scale compositions in printmaking and painting that emerged from the postwar modernist tradition. Working primarily in lithography and silkscreen, he developed a rigorous geometric vocabulary characterized by bold color fields and precise linear interventions. His practice engaged with the formal language of color abstraction while maintaining a restrained, almost ascetic visual sensibility.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Color Field
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (5)
Artwork sources (3)
5 published of 8 catalogued · 1 with image
- MoMA3 publishedof 6 catalogued
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)
1 entries · 1 sources
- 1960 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
Relationships
5Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
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