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Darrel Ellis

Darrel Ellis

1958

WA-00030458

Photography

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

9

Works in Collection

13

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ77288010

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6913
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (9)

Untitled (Mother, Father, and Laure)

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (22.5 × 33.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1990 · Gelatin silver print

8 15/16 × 12 3/4" (22.8 × 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1990 · Gelatin silver print

19 1/16 × 23 1/2" (48.5 × 59.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait after photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe

1989 · Brush and ink, charcoal and graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 30 × 23 1/8 in. (76.2 × 58.7 cm) Image: 28 3/4 × 22 3/8 in. (73 × 56.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled (Self-Portrait)

1989 · Gelatin silver print with colored ink

Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm) Image: 5 1/16 × 8 5/8 in. (12.9 × 21.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled (Self-Portrait as Museum Guard)

1989 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled (Street Scene)

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (24.1 × 31.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled (Mother’s Bedroom)

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (22.2 × 31.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

1984 · ink, wash, and graphite on paper

Sheet: 60.6 x 46 cm (23 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

9 published of 12 catalogued · 5 with image

Whitney
6 published
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Pieta #1
1984 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Relationships

4

Collections4

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Phillips

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

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