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Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer

1929

WA-00012574

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

11

Institutional Exhibitions

66

Works in Collection

102

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ563515

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Europe, America: A Selection from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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BERLINART 1961�1987

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Contemporary Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Bookworks

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyAi Generated· 82%

Source Registry (3)

Thaddaeus-Ropachttps://ropac.net/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4792
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (66)

Blauer Schober (Blue Schober)

Blauer Schober (Blue Schober)

1997 · Etching and drypoint

sheet 19 5/8 x 25 1/2" (50 x 65 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grünzeug (Greens)

1997 · Etching and drypoint

Plate: 12 15/16 x 9 3/4" (32.8 x 24.8 cm); Sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 5/8" (64.8 x 49.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rot Wein Im Strauch (Red Wine in the Bush)

Rot Wein Im Strauch (Red Wine in the Bush)

1997 · Etching and drypoint

sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 11/16" (65 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Eisstrauch (Ice Bush)

Eisstrauch (Ice Bush)

1997 · Etching and drypoint

sheet 19 5/8 x 25 1/2" (50 x 65 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Roter Mann (Red Man)

1997 · Etching and drypoint

Sheet: 25 5/16 x 19 5/8" (64.3 x 49.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blaues Nest (Blue Nest)

1997 · Etching and drypoint

Plate: 12 15/16 x 9 3/4" (32.9 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 25 7/16 x 19 9/16" (64.6 x 49.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fra Angelico Christus

1985 · Oilstick, crayon, and colored inks on photograph (recto); Black crayon, blue ballpoint ink, and blue colored pencil on photograph (verso)

23 5/16 × 19 1/2 in. (59.2 × 49.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1982 · Drypoint and photo-etching on paper

image: 292 x 245 mm

1980 · Oil on plywood with painted metal

6' 7 1/8" x 31 1/2" (201 x 80 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Red Cross (Rotes Kreuz)

Red Cross (Rotes Kreuz)

1980 · Drypoint

irreg. plate: 45 9/16 x 19 5/8" (115.7 x 49.8 cm); sheet: 52 13/16 x 24 5/8" (134 x 62.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Death Mask)

Untitled (Death Mask)

1978 · Oil pastel and photograph on paper

support: 609 x 505 mm

Untitled (Death Mask)

Untitled (Death Mask)

1978 · Ink and photograph on paper

support: 592 x 415 mm

Untitled (Death Mask)

Untitled (Death Mask)

1978 · Oil pastel and photograph on paper

support: 594 x 425 mm

Untitled, from ‘Reste’

Untitled, from ‘Reste’

1978 · Intaglio print on paper

image: 89 x 79 mm

Hidden Departure (Versteckter Abgang) from the series Fearful Hiding (Schreckversteck)

Hidden Departure (Versteckter Abgang) from the series Fearful Hiding (Schreckversteck)

1978 · Photoetching and drypoint

plate: 15 3/4 x 11 15/16" (40 x 30.4 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 x 20 11/16" (70 x 52.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1978 · Illustrated book with one drypoint (unbound plate) and reproductions of paintings

plate 3 3/16 x 3 9/16" (8.1 x 9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death mask: A. Honegger

1978 · Photo-offset lithograph with ballpoint pen, glossy (est. ink) and semi-gloss opaque paints (est. opaque watercolor and crayon) (hand coloring)

8 13/16 × 8 1/16 in. (22.4 × 20.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Death mask: Robert Ed Lee

1978 · Photo-offset lithograph with glossy (est. ink) and semi-gloss opaque paints (est. opaque watercolor and crayon) (hand coloring)

8 3/4 × 8 1/16 in. (22.3 × 20.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crooked Departure (Krummer Abgang)

1976 · Photogravure and drypoint

Plate: 15 3/4 × 11 7/8" (40 × 30.2 cm);

Museum of Modern Art

Self Portrait

1975 · Photogravure, etching, and drypoint

Plate: 11 x 12 1/2" (27.9 x 31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fesselstern

1975 · Photogravure, etching and drypoint

plate: 15 3/4 x 12 1/16" (40 x 30.6cm); sheet (irreg.): 21 1/8 x 15 1/16" (53.6 x 38.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Photogravure, etching and drypoint

plate: 15 3/4 x 12 1/8" (40 x 30.8 cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 15" (54 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1974 · Photogravure, etching and drypoint

plate: 15 11/16 x 12" (39.9 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15" (53 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Kleinzeug #45)

Untitled (Kleinzeug #45)

1974 · Oil pastel and crayon on gelatin silver print

7 x 9 3/8" (17.8 x 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

66 published of 100 catalogued · 65 with image

MoMA
34 publishedof 68 catalogued37 img
Tate
19 published19 img
Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
The Met
4 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Untitled (Face Farce)
1971 · Tate · 1 prov
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Head Behind
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Backbone
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled (Face Farce)
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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Head of the Diver (Deny Your Birth)
1950 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled (Death Mask)
1978 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled, from ‘Reste’
1978 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Great Composers
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled (Body Language)
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Flügelkreuz (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

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