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René Pierre Tal-Coat

René Pierre Tal-Coat

Artist

WA-00029702

Figuration

Representation

None documented

4

Institutional Exhibitions

28

Works in Collection

57

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5790
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

René Pierre Tal-Coat was a French painter and sculptor whose abstract work emerged in the postwar period, developing a gestural vocabulary rooted in organic forms and tactile surfaces. Working primarily in oil and bronze, he emphasized the material presence of paint and material itself, bridging figuration and abstraction through emphatic handling and surface texture.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (28)

Wrapper front from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 6 5/16 x 8 1/8" (16 x 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 6 verso and 7) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette, printed in color

irreg. composition 12 x 19 11/16" (30.5 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 13 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 9 3/16 x 4 3/4" (23.3 x 12 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 14) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 2 9/16 x 3" (6.5 x 7.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 14 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 3/8 x 7 1/2" (34 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page in-text plate (folio 15 verso and folio 16) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 16 1/8" (32 x 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 18) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 8 1/16" (25 x 20.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 18 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 1 7/8" (5.6 x 4.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 19) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint and drypoint, printed in color

irreg. composition 5 7/8 x 7 11/16" (15 x 19.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 7 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 4 15/16 x 8 9/16" (12.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 20) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 2 9/16" (18.5 x 6.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (folio 21) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 11/16 x 1 1/8" (4.3 x 2.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (folios 21 verso and 22) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 7/8 x 18 1/8" (35.2 x 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page tailpiece (folios 8 verso and 9) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 15 1/8" (35 x 38.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 9 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 7/16 x 7/8" (3.7 x 2.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 11) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 9/16 x 6 1/8" (9 x 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 12) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 14 x 9 5/8" (35.6 x 24.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 12 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 3/16 x 1 3/4" (3 x 4.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (folio 13) from LAISSES

1975 · Lift ground aquatint and engraving, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 5/16 x 8 1/8" (8.4 x 20.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 10 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 3 5/8 x 1 5/8" (9.2 x 4.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 15) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 2 9/16" (4.5 x 6.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 16 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 1 9/16" (4.5 x 4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1975 · 11 lift ground aquatints (some with soft ground etching, drypoint, engraving, woodcut, and/or roulette), printed in color; and 12 woodcuts (including wrapper front), printed in black

irreg. page 16 1/8 x 10 7/16" (41 x 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 17 verso) from LAISSES

1975 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 7/8 x 3 1/16" (4.8 x 7.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

28 published of 56 catalogued · 4 with image

MoMA
28 publishedof 56 catalogued4 img

Record

Images

La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

2

Movements1

Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988

New York · 1988

Group Exhibition Artists and Writers

New York · 1978

Group Exhibition Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1960

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1951