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Artists›Albert Oehlen

Albert Oehlen

1954

WA-00005509

PaintingNeo-ExpressionismFiguration

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

120

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

70%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (8)

Luhring-Augustinehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/albert-oehlen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Corbett-Dempseyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/albert-oehlen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/albert-oehlen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/albert-oehlen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/albert-oehlen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/albert-oehlen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4375
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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No biography available for Albert Oehlen yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Neo-Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (37)

Untitled

2019 · Lacquer and oil on Dibond

260 × 260 cm (102 3/8 × 102 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

2017 · Oil on canvas

98 1/2 × 90 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (250.2 × 230.5 × 3.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Loa

2007 · Acrylic paint, ink, photograph on paper, spray paint and oil paint on canvas

support: 1702 x 3102 x 41 mm

Tate

L.P.A. (for Parkett no. 79)

2007 · Etching with ink additions

sheet: 20 7/8 x 26 3/16" (53 x 66.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Pencil and ink on paper

23 3/8 x 16 1/2" (59.4 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Pencil and ink on paper

23 3/8 x 16 1/2" (59.4 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1997 · Screen print, acrylic and oil on canvas

245 × 190.5 cm (96 1/2 × 75 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1996 · Felt-tip pen, paint, and gouache on printed paper

53 1/4 x 35 1/2" (135.3 x 90.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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O–

Oblivious – Discomfort – Round Balls (Vergessen – Unmut – Runde Kugeln)

1995 · Series of thirteen record album covers each containing various materials such as posters, prints, books, photographs, and a VHS tape

Dimensions vary

Museum of Modern Art

Duchamp

1995 · Photocopy with highlighter additions

46 3/4 × 35 3/4" (118.7 × 90.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Bubble in Halls

1995 · 29 newspaper clippings

Largest: 9 5/8 × 8 3/8" (24.4 × 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Picture

1995 · Photocopy of a painting on two sheets

86 × 61 1/2" (218.4 × 156.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

X Video NR

1995 · VHS tape

7 3/8 × 4 × 1" (18.7 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monolog im Malerhauptquartier, Fortsetzung

1995 · 86-page booklet

8 1/8 × 5 3/4 × 3/16" (20.6 × 14.6 × 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The problem of the author is always also the problem of the reader (to a certain extent)

1995 · Matted color photograph

11 × 11" (27.9 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pennant (Wimpel)

1995 · Nylon and cotton embroidery

7 1/2 × 10 1/2" (19.1 × 26.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Oven (Hinein Damit!)

1995 · Color photocopy and blueprint

Other (photocopy): 16 13/16 × 21 7/16" (42.7 × 54.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Red Crayola

1995 · 7” vinyl single disc, two posters, and one photocopy

Other (disc envelope): 7 1/8 × 7 1/8" (18.1 × 18.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Imaginary Museum

1995 · Poster and 5 computer prints

Poster: 61 1/2 × 86 1/8" (156.2 × 218.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

New Politics II

1995 · Screenprint

each: 12 1/8 × 12 1/8" (30.8 × 30.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Criticize the Bourgeois Nuclear Family (Die Buergerliche Kleinfamilie Kritisieren) and Psycho Chicken

1995 · Color poster and booklet

Other (poster): 16 9/16 × 11 11/16" (42 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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New Politics (Please cease forbidding other people certain things, and feeling fantastic doing so)

1995 · Poster, color print, photocopied notes

Other (Poster): 35 7/8 × 23 7/8" (91.1 × 60.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1990 · Ballpoint pen and crayon on notebook paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1990 · Ballpoint pen, crayon, and ink on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

37 published of 80 catalogued · 46 with image

MoMA
33 publishedof 76 catalogued43 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
The Met
1 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Loa
2007 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Relationships

Movements2

Neo-Expressionism Figuration

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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