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Artists›Charles Ray

Charles Ray

1953

WA-00000623

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ872846

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

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

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/charles-ray
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Matthew-Markshttps://matthewmarks.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7049
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

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Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

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Jeff

2021 · Stainless steel

Overall: 80 1/2 × 41 × 48 3/4 in. (204.5 × 104.1 × 123.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Two horses

2019 · Granite

10 ft. 3/8 in. × 14 ft. 10 1/4 in. × 8 1/2 in. (305.8 × 452.8 × 21.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

2018 · Ink on paper in Orihon accordion notebook

Book: 5/8 × 4 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (1.6 × 10.8 × 14.7 cm) Dimensions variable

Whitney Museum of American Art

Huck and Jim

2014 · Machined stainless steel

Overall: 283.3 × 137.2 × 136.6 cm (111 1/2 × 54 × 53 3/4 in.); Huck: 151.5 × 78.2 × 126.1 cm (59 5/8 × 30 3/4 × 49 5/8 in.); Jim: 283.3 × 111.2 × 67.4 cm (111 1/2 × 43 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2003 · Five drawings: Fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

Each unframed: 66 × 105 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.); 66.1 × 105.1 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2003 · Fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

66 × 105 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2003 · Fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

66 × 105 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2003 · Fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

66 × 105 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2003 · Fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

66 × 105 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2003 · Fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

66 × 105 cm (26 × 41 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

2003 · Felt-tip pen on paper

25 3/4 x 41" (65.4 x 104.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hinoki

1997 · Cypress

Three elements: 172.7 × 762 × 233.7 cm (68 × 300 × 92 in.); 63.5 × 426.7 × 208.3 cm (25 × 168 × 82 in.); and appro×. 60.5 × 400 × 200 cm (25 × 150 × 78 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fashions

1996 · 16mm color film, silent, projector, pedestal, and seating; 12:30 min.

Art Institute of Chicago

Family romance

1993 · Painted fiberglass and hair

53" x 7' 1" x 11" (134.6 x 215.9 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Most Beautiful Women in the World (for Parkett no. 37)

1993 · Nine chromogenic color prints

composition 3 15/16 x 5 7/8" (10 x 15 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Boy

1992 · Painted fiberglass, steel, and fabric

181.6 × 68.6 × 86.4 cm (71 1/2 × 27 × 34 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Bench

1974 · Wood

11 1/2" x 10' x 1 1/2" (29.2 x 304.8 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plank Piece I-II

1973 · 2 photographs, black and white, on paper on board

frame (each): 1090 x 761 x 50 mm

Tate

Plank Piece I and II

1973 · Two gelatin silver prints, printed 1992

30 × 40" (76.3 × 101.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1973 · Gelatin silver print

68.6 x 101.6cm (27 x 40in.) Frame: 76.2 × 109.2 cm (30 × 43 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

20 published of 26 catalogued · 19 with image

Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
MoMA
5 publishedof 11 catalogued8 img
The Met
2 published
Whitney
2 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Plank Piece I-II
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

19 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Collections7

Tate Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Matthew Marks Gallery

Current

In collection

Tate

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

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Auction house

Phillips

Background

Education

University of Iowa

Visual Arts

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