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Charles Demuth

Charles Demuth

Artist

WA-00026826

PaintingCubism

Representation

None documented

51

Institutional Exhibitions

47

Works in Collection

64

Assets Indexed

0

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0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ380494 ULAN500004441

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Words and Pictures

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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In the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Works on Paper

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972–1973

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Drawn in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1490
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Charles Demuth was an American painter who developed a distinctive approach to modernism through sharply angled, semi-abstract compositions of industrial structures, flowers, and architectural forms. Working primarily in watercolor and oil, he synthesized Cubist fragmentation with precise linear geometry and a restrained palette of grays and warm ochres. His paintings of grain elevators and factory buildings transformed utilitarian American landscapes into formal studies of intersecting planes and light. Demuth's work bridged European modernist abstraction and American precisionist aesthetics during the early twentieth century.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (47)

On "That" Street

On "That" Street

1932 · Watercolor over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory board

27.8 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

...And the Home of the Brave

...And the Home of the Brave

1931 · Oil and graphite on fiber board

74.8 × 59.7 cm (29 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corn and Peaches

Corn and Peaches

1929 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

13 3/4 x 19 3/4" (35 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

1928 · Oil, graphite, ink, and gold leaf on paperboard (Upson board)

35 1/2 × 30 in. (90.2 × 76.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eggplant and Tomatoes

Eggplant and Tomatoes

1926 · Watercolor on paper

14 1/8 x 20" (35.8 x 50.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass

1925 · Watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper

30 × 35 cm (11 13/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gladioli - Flower Study #4

Gladioli - Flower Study #4

1925 · Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

45.6 × 30.1 cm (18 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cucumbers and a Flask of Daisies

1924 · Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Sheet (sight): 11 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (30.2 × 45.4 cm) Image (sight): 11 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (30.2 × 45.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Flower Study #1

Flower Study #1

1923 · Watercolor, over graphite on ivory wove paper

45.6 × 30.2 cm (18 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Salvia and Zinnia

Salvia and Zinnia

1922 · Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

35.5 × 25.4 cm (14 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1921 · Watercolor and graphite on paper

14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spring

1921 · Oil and graphite on canvas

56.2 × 61.3 cm (22 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eggplant and Plums

Eggplant and Plums

1921 · Watercolor with graphite on ivory wove paper

30.4 × 45.9 cm (12 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Business

1921 · Oil and graphite on canvas

51 × 61.5 cm (20 × 24 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1920 · Watercolor and graphite on paper

13 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (34.9 × 29.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1920 · watercolor over graphite

Sheet: 46 x 30 cm (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Flowers (Cyclamen)

Flowers (Cyclamen)

1920 · Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

30.2 × 35.2 cm (11 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stairs, Provincetown

Stairs, Provincetown

1920 · Watercolor and pencil on board

23 1/2 x 19 1/2" (59.7 x 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Vaudeville, the Bicycle Rider

In Vaudeville, the Bicycle Rider

1919 · watercolor and graphite on laid paper

sheet: 27.62 × 21.91 cm (10 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for Acrobats

Study for Acrobats

1919 · Pencil on paper

13 x 8" (33.0 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Female Acrobats

Female Acrobats

1919 · Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper

12 7/8 x 8" (33 x 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Acrobats

1919 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

13 x 7 7/8" (33 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rooftops and Trees

Rooftops and Trees

1918 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper

sheet: 25.4 × 35.56 cm (10 × 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Amaryllis

1918 · watercolor over graphite

Sheet: 45.8 x 30.4 cm (18 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (7)

47 published of 61 catalogued · 51 with image

Art Institute Chicago
15 published15 img
MoMA
14 publishedof 28 catalogued28 img
The Met
7 published
Smithsonian
4 published4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published2 img
Nga
2 published2 img
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Dancing Sailors
1917 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Amaryllis
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Irises
1916 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Gladioli
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Still Life: Apples and Green Glass (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

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