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Artists›Roberto Barni

Roberto Barni

Roberto Barni

Italian, 1939

WA-00030277

Pistoia, Italy

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

15

Works in Collection

31

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

40%

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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

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

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6644
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (15)

Parabola del Figliuol Prodigo

1997 · Illustrated book with ten etching and aquatints and cover with etching and aquatint

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 11) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Embossing

irreg composition 1 15/16 x 3 5/16" (4.9 x 8.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 17) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Aquatint and soft ground etching with roulette, printed in black

plate 9 1/2 x 8 15/16" (24.2 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 9) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Aquatint and soft ground etching with roulette, printed in black

partial plate 9 5/8 x 8 15/16" (24.5 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 21) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Etching with roulette, printed in black

irreg composition 6 1/2 x 3 15/16" (16.5 x 10 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 22) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Embossing

irreg composition 1 7/16 x 3 3/4" (3.7 x 9.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 13) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg composition 9 7/8 x 9" (25.1 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Etching, printed in black

2 plates composition 3 7/8 x 3 5/16" (9.9 x 8.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1991 · Illustrated Book with 4 aquatints, 3 etchings, 3 embossings, and 1 lithograph

page 12 11/16 x 8 15/16" (32 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Back cover from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Embossing

irreg composition 5 3/4 x 3 1/16" (14.6 x 7.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four-page plate (following page 28) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Etching, soft ground etching, and aquatint, printed in black

partial plate 10 x 35" (25.5 x 89 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Front cover from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Aquatint, soft ground etching, and etching with roulette, printed in black

partial plate 9 13/16 x 9 3/16" (25 x 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 25) from IO E ALTRO

1991 · Etching, printed in black

plate 3 3/4 x 2 1/4" (9.6 x 5.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fatherhood

1982 · Etching and engraving on paper

image: 237 x 473 mm

Knights of the Daily Round

Knights of the Daily Round

1982 · Drypoint on paper

image: 584 x 787 mm

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Artwork sources (2)

15 published of 28 catalogued · 2 with image

MoMA
13 publishedof 26 catalogued
Tate
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Fatherhood
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Knights of the Daily Round
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Earth Is a Man (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Earth Is a Man (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Tate Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

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