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Artists›Harold Altman

Harold Altman

Harold Altman

American, 1924

WA-00025955

New York, NY, USA

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

78

Works in Collection

126

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Painting U.S.A.: The Figure

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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Drawings, Watercolors, Collages: New Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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Recent Drawings U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/129
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (78)

1966 · Color lithograph

Image: 13 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (34.4 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 5/8 in. (39 × 27 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Park Figure

1963 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 8 7/8 x 9" (22.6 x 22.8cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 14" (38.3 x 35.6cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1961 · Etching with chine collé on three plates

each Plate: 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (8.3 × 10.8 cm) Sheet: 8 5/8 × 17 11/16 in. (21.9 × 44.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Profile (Untitled Suite IX)

1961 · Lithograph in pink, gray, and blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 56.5 × 75.7 cm (22 1/4 × 29 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Street with Figures (Untitled Suite VIII)

Street with Figures (Untitled Suite VIII)

1961 · Lithograph in green and blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.7 × 75.8 cm (22 3/8 × 29 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Park Figure (Untitled Suite XI)

Park Figure (Untitled Suite XI)

1961 · Lithograph in pink, green, and blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.8 cm (22 1/4 × 29 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure and Foliage II

Figure and Foliage II

1961 · Lithograph in brown-gray on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.5 cm (22 1/4 × 29 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aproaching Figure (Untitled Suite V)

Aproaching Figure (Untitled Suite V)

1961 · Lithograph in blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.9 cm (22 1/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Market Street (Untitled Suite X)

Market Street (Untitled Suite X)

1961 · Lithograph in blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.9 cm (22 1/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure and Foliage

Figure and Foliage

1961 · Lithograph in pink, green, and blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.9 cm (22 1/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Park Conversation (Untitled Suite IV"

Park Conversation (Untitled Suite IV"

1961 · Lithograph in green and red-brown on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.6 × 75.9 cm (22 5/16 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Dress (Untitled Suite VI)

Yellow Dress (Untitled Suite VI)

1961 · Lithograph in yellow and gray on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.9 cm (22 1/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image, max: 26 × 38 cm (10 1/4 × 15 in.); Sheet: 35.8 × 448.5 cm (14 1/8 × 176 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man II (Untitled Suite III)

Man II (Untitled Suite III)

1961 · Lithograph in brown and blue on white wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.8 × 75.9 cm (22 3/8 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56 × 76.2 cm (22 1/16 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Face to Face

1961 · Lithograph in brown on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 57 × 75.6 cm (22 1/2 × 29 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Woman

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 57.7 × 80.7 cm (22 3/4 × 31 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figures

1961 · Lithograph in brown on white Nacre paper

Image,max: 22.5 × 34 cm (8 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.); Sheet: 28.5 × 38.5 cm (11 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman

1961 · Lithograph in light brown on natural Nacre paper

Sheet, view: 57.2 × 76.9 cm (22 9/16 × 30 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figure in Foliage

Figure in Foliage

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 27 × 48 cm (10 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 53.5 cm (15 1/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Matriarch II

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 25 × 35.5 cm (9 7/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 53.7 cm (15 1/8 × 21 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Reader

1961 · Lithograph in orange and blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 56.5 × 75.9 cm (22 1/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Park Bench

1961 · Lithograph in blue-gray and dark gray on ivory wove paper

Image: 38 × 56 cm (15 × 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 56.8 × 75.6 cm (22 3/8 × 29 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Mother and Child

Standing Mother and Child

1961 · Lithograph in gray and brown on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 76.2 × 56.5 cm (30 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

78 published of 123 catalogued · 101 with image

MoMA
45 publishedof 90 catalogued72 img
Art Institute Chicago
29 published29 img
The Met
4 published

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Street (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Street (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

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Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US