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Artists›Carl Andre

Carl Andre

1935–2024

WA-00003673

InstallationMinimalism

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None documented

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153

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100%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ315348

MoMA

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Paula Cooper Gallery

2025

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6 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%

Source Registry (4)

Paula-Cooperhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/carl-andre
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/carl-andre
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sadie-Coleshttps://www.artsy.net/artist/carl-andre
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/174
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Carl Andre created minimalist floor sculptures and installations organized in strict linear and grid patterns, using industrial materials like metal plates, bricks, and timber. His works range from intimate tabletop arrangements to vast floor-spanning grids that transform architectural space into a sculptural field. Andre treated the floor itself as an active compositional element, making the viewer's physical navigation of the work inseparable from its meaning. His practice established the floor-based installation as a primary form of minimalist inquiry.

Source: Paula Cooper · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Carl Andre

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Why this artist matters now

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Artworks (63)

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