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Artists›Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips

American, 1913

WA-00028901

Sculpture

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None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ20653601 ULAN500334411

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Hayter and Studio 17: New Directions in Gravure

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4600
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Sculpture

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (4)

WattsOS

21 Etchings and Poems

1960 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

Poem

1960 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

In-text plate (folio 17) from 21 Etchings and Poems

1960 · Etching from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure

plate: 13 9/16 × 11 5/8" (34.5 × 29.5 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Trap (La Piège)

1953 · Etching

plate: 13 7/8 x 10 5/8" (35.3 x 27 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 x 14 13/16" (57.2 x 37.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (2)

4 published of 6 catalogued · 4 with image

MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

21 Etchings and Poems
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Poem
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

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In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Hayter and Studio 17: New Directions in Gravure

New York · 1944