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Art Spiegelman

1948

WA-00021549

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60%

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WikidataQ325945

MoMA

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

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

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6642
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/art-spiegelman
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman, professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is a Polish-American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines Arcade and Raw has been influential, and from 1992 he spent a decade as contributing artist for The New Yorker. He is married to designer and editor Françoise Mouly and is the father of writer Nadja Spiegelman. In September 2022, the National Book Foundation announced that he would receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (4)

Lead Pipe Sunday #2

1997 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper, folded in half and printed on three sides

Closed: 27.5 × 78 cm (10 7/8 × 30 3/4 in.); Open: 55 × 78 cm (21 11/16 × 30 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crossroads

1997 · Tint lithograph from two blacks and a pale yellow tint on white wove paper

Image: 63.7 × 45.3 cm (25 1/8 × 17 7/8 in.); Sheet: 77.6 × 58.5 cm (30 9/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lead Pipe Sunday

1989 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper, folded in half and printed on three sides

Open sheet: 56.8 × 76.5 cm (22 3/8 × 30 1/8 in.); Closed sheet: 56.8 × 38.3 cm (22 3/8 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Lead Pipe Sunday

1989 · Lithograph, printed on two sides

side 1 composition 20 15/16 x 27 1/2" (53.3 x 69.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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4 published of 5 catalogued · 4 with image

Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued1 img

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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