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Artists›Agnes Denes

Agnes Denes

1931

WA-00021310

Conceptual Art

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ394503

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Maps

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Recent Acquisitions, 1968�1973

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
LocationArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyUnknown· 20%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1491
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Conceptual Art

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York New Museum Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (24)

Untitled from Fragmentation

1998 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

page 13 15/16 x 9 15/16" (35 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Fragmentation

1998 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate: 9 3/4 × 7 9/16" (24.7 × 19.2 cm); sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 3/4" (34.8 × 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Fragmentation

1998 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

page 13 15/16 x 9 15/16" (35 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Fragmentation

1998 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

page 13 15/16 x 9 15/16" (35 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Fragmentation

1998 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

page 13 15/16 x 9 15/16" (35 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Fragmentation

1998 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

page 13 15/16 x 9 15/16" (35 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Fragmentation

1998 · Illustrated book with six etchings

page (each approx.): 13 3/4 × 9 15/16" (35 × 25.2 cm); overall (closed): 14 3/4 × 10 5/8 × 1" (37.5 × 27 × 2.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Probability Pyramid

1992 · Lithograph with metallic powder additions

Composition (irreg.): 6 7/16 x 9 1/4" (16.4 x 23.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 3/4 x 20 3/4" (37.4 x 52.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Snail Pyramid – Study for Self-Contained, Self-Supporting City Dwelling – A Future Habitat

1988 · Ink on plastic sheet

38 3/4 x 57 1/4" (98.4 x 145.4 cm)

Composition (irreg.): 21 5/8 x 17 5/8" (55 x 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Anima/Persona--The Seed

1980 · Chromogenic print

Sheet (sight): 7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (19.1 × 23.5 cm) Image (sight): 7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (19.1 × 23.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Isometric Systems in Isotropic Space: The Pyramid

1976 · Etching

Plate: 17 9/16 x 23 11/16" (44.6 x 60.2 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 1/4" (56.5 x 74.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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4,000 Years—"If the Mind..."

1976 · Etching

Composition (irreg.): 16 1/8 x 16 1/16" (41 x 40.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Map Projections - The Snail

1976 · Lithograph

composition 24 1/16 x 30" (61.1 x 76.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Systems of Logic/Logic of Systems

1976 · Ink and metallic ink on synthetic polymer sheet

108 x 30 1/2" (274.3 x 77.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Isometric Systems in Istropic Space—the Pyramid

1975 · Color etching

Sheet: 22 3/8 × 29 1/8 in. (56.8 × 74 cm) Plate: 17 5/8 × 23 3/4 in. (44.8 × 60.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Isometric Systems in Isotropic Space. Map Projection: Snail

1974 · Printed plastic sheet overlaid on graph paper with charcoal

24 x 30 " (61.2 x 76.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pascal's Triangle

1973 · Ink on graph paper

10 3/4 x 8 1/4" (27.3 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Human Argument (Dialectic Triangulation: Symbolic Logic #1)

1970 · Negative photostat print

composition: 20 1/16 x 16 5/16" (51 x 41.5 cm); sheet: 23 1/8 x 18" (58.7 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dialectic Triangulation: Into Symbolic Logic

1970 · Monoprint

composition and sheet: 21 15/16 x 17 5/8" (55.7 x 44.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Matrix of Knowledge

1970 · Cyanotype

composition: 21 1/16 x 32 1/16" (53.5 x 81.5 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 x 36 3/8" (57.6 x 92.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Human Argument

1969 · Ink on graph paper

20 7/8 x 16 7/8" (53 x 42.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Human Hang-Up Machine

1969 · Monoprint

composition: 9 13/16 x 15 1/4" (25 x 38.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 1/8 x 17 3/8" (28.3 x 44.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The World of Thorns

1968 · Electroplated plexiglass and synthetic polymer paint on light box

Lightbox 14 3/4 x 14 x 14" (37.5 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm), base with lightbox 44 1/2 x 15 x 15" (113 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

24 published of 46 catalogued · 39 with image

MoMA
22 publishedof 44 catalogued39 img
Whitney
2 published

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Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Conceptual Art

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art New Museum Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

New Museum

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

New Museum

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future

2026

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future New Museum

2026

Group Exhibition Selections from the Art Lending Service

New York · 1978

Group Exhibition Maps

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions, 1968�1973

New York · 1973