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Helena Hernmarck

Helena Hernmarck

Swedish, 1941

WA-00027565

TextileConceptual ArtContemporary

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

13

Works in Collection

17

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

60%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Tapestries by Helena Hernmarck

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2614
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Textile

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

1998 · wool and perforated plastic strips

Overall: 48.5 x 30.5 cm (19 1/8 x 12 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Winter Pond (Study)

Winter Pond (Study)

1996 · Wool, linen, and cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

56.2 × 27.3 cm (22 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Winter Mist (Chicago Skyline Study)

Winter Mist (Chicago Skyline Study)

1996 · Wool, linen, cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

91.8 × 114 cm (36 1/8 × 44 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Homage to Louis Sullivan

Homage to Louis Sullivan

1986 · Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

355.7 × 314.2 cm (140 × 123 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1909 Plan of Chicago

1909 Plan of Chicago

1986 · Linen and wool, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with supplementary brocading wefts

233.8 × 110 cm (92 × 43 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Homage to Louis Sullivan (Study)

Homage to Louis Sullivan (Study)

1986 · Wool, cotton, and linen, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with supplementary brocading wefts

96.2 × 98.1 cm (37 3/8 × 38 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seascreen (Weaving Sample Of)

Seascreen (Weaving Sample Of)

1985 · Silk, linen, wool, and metallized cellulose film, double-faced complementary warp and weft plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

45.2 × 55.1 cm (17 3/4 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1979 · tapestry weave with weft-bundle floats; wool, linen, cotton and novelty yarns

Overall: 345 x 585 cm (135 13/16 x 230 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for Poppies Tapestry

1978 · tapestry weave with weft floats; wool, silk(?), metal thread

Overall: 50.8 x 85.1 cm (20 x 33 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1978 · tapestry weave with weft-bundle floats; wool, silk and metal thread

Overall: 343 x 598 cm (135 1/16 x 235 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Yin-Yang/Mao Tapestry

Yin-Yang/Mao Tapestry

1971 · Cotton, wool, nylon, linen, plastic, and sequins

55 x 55" (139.7 x 139.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mu 2 (Study)

1965 · Black chalk wash over watercolor with scraping on machine-made, off-white wove paper

45.1 × 49.8 cm (17 3/4 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mu 1

1965 · Wool, linen, and cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts

237.5 × 180.6 cm (92 1/2 × 71 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 14 catalogued · 10 with image

Art Institute Chicago
8 published8 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Study for Poppies Tapestry
1978 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Poppies
1978 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Color Square
1998 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bluebonnets
1979 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

1909 Plan of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

1909 Plan of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements2

Conceptual Art Contemporary

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Tapestries by Helena Hernmarck

New York · 1973