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Artists›Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom

1951

WA-00003535

PhotographyConceptual Art

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None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ807360

MoMA

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/608
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Le Mepris

2007 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

22 1/2 × 28" (57.2 × 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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A Birthday Party for Everything

1999 · Mixed media multiple

box composition 4 3/4 x 19 5/16 x 11 5/8" (12.1 x 49.1 x 29.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

His

1998 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

25 × 21" (63.5 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hers

1998 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

21 × 25" (53.3 × 63.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headache

1997 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

18 × 24" (45.7 × 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Globe

1995 · Raised relief paper globe, blackboard paint, chalk, and eraser

16 × 12 × 12" (40.6 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chinese Coffee Table 1 and 2

1993 · Inkjet prints, printed 2015 (diptych)

Each 19 × 30" (48.3 × 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Best of Vermeer

1991 · Photolithograph, printed 2015

Overall 30 × 24" (76.2 × 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Japanese Couple

1990 · Cibachrome mounted on rice paper; folding screen

Print: 71 × 91.4 cm (28 × 36 in.); Screen: 182 × 130.8 cm (72 × 51 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Indomitable Spirit

1989 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

Each 15 3/8 × 10 1/4" (39.1 × 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Metro Louvre

1987 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

11 3/4 × 17 3/4" (29.8 × 45.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Calendar Cover

1986 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

11 3/4 × 17 3/4" (29.8 × 45.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from the series Work for the Blind

1985 · Offset lithograph with embossing

framed sheet 32 1/4 x 24 1/4" (81 x 61.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flaneur Legs

1984 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

18 1/4 × 24" (46.4 × 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Amsterdam Aquarium Viewers

1980 · Inkjet print, printed 2015

22 × 28" (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Framing Wall

1977 · Inkjet prints and photolithographs, printed 2015

Dimensions ranging from 19 × 25 in. (48.3 × 63.5 cm) to 41 × 29 in. (104 × 73.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Goethe's Corridor

1977 · Photolithograph, printed 2015

40 × 28" (101.6 × 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

17 published of 33 catalogued · 25 with image

MoMA
16 publishedof 32 catalogued24 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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Images

38 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Conceptual Art

Collections1

Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

Bennington College

Visual Arts

California Institute of the Arts

Visual Arts

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