Untitled
1969 · Charcoal and black crayon, with stumping and erasing, on white wove card
49.8 × 64.7 cm (19 5/8 × 25 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Jean Ipoustéguy
Artist
WA-00027703
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None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
16
Works in Collection
30
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Popular Mechanics in Printmaking
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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Drawings: Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Why this artist matters now
Jean Ipoustéguy was a French sculptor whose monumental bronze and stone works emerged from postwar abstraction while retaining figural and architectural references. Active from the 1950s onward, his practice engaged with the language of modernist form and spatial intervention, creating works that occupied the space between pure abstraction and representational suggestion. His sculptures demonstrate a sustained commitment to materiality and the physical presence of cast and carved forms in architectural and landscape settings.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Artwork sources (4)
16 published of 29 catalogued · 4 with image
- MoMA13 publishedof 26 catalogued2 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
- Tate1 published1 img
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2 entries · 1 sources
- 1962 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1962 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Museum of Modern Art
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