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Artists›Dieter Appelt

Dieter Appelt

German, 1935

WA-00030895

Niemegk, Germany

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WikidataQ447569 ULAN500065342

MoMA

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3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7647
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (19)

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From the Series "Locus Solus"

1992 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 57.6 x 42.9 cm (22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Uranus #8

1991 · Chromogenic print

102.2 × 82 cm (40 1/4 × 32 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uranus #3

1991 · Chromogenic print

Image/paper, sight: 98 × 68 cm (38 5/8 × 26 13/16 in.); Frame: 103 × 73.3 × 3.9 cm (40 9/16 × 28 7/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uranus #1

1991 · Chromogenic print

Image/paper, approx: 98.5 × 78 cm (38 13/16 × 30 3/4 in.); Frame: 104.3 × 84.3 × 3.8 cm (41 1/8 × 33 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Field

1991 · Gelatin silver prints

Each 19 1/2 × 14 1/4" (49.5 × 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Presence of Things in Time (Die Präsenz der Dinge in der Zeit)

1984 · Gelatin silver prints (6)

9.2 × 12.1 cm (first image); 10.4 × 13.2 cm (first paper/mount); 9.2 × 12.1 cm (second image); 10.4 × 13.4 cm (second paper/mount); 9.2 × 12.1 cm (third image); 10.5 × 13.4 cm (third paper/mount); 9.4 × 12.2 cm (fourth image); 10.5 × 13.4 cm (fourth paper/mount); 9.6 × 12.3 cm (fifth image); 10.9 × 13.7 cm (fifth paper/mount); 9.3 × 12.1 cm (si×th image); 10.8 × 13.4 cm (si×th paper/mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Image of Life and Death

1981 · Gelatin silver print from 16mm film

72 1/2 × 7 15/16" (184.1 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1980 · Gelatin silver print, from "Tableau Oppedette (for Marguerite Duras)

Image/paper, sight: 48.3 × 48.4 cm (19 1/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hole in the Snow (Schneeloch)

1977 · Gelatin silver print, from "Erinnerungsspur (Memory's Trace)"

Image: 50.2 × 59.5 cm (19 13/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 × 60.3 cm (20 × 23 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mark on the Mirror Made by Breathing (Der Fleck auf dem Spiegel, den der Atemhauch schafft)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30 × 39.4 cm (11 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Paper: 30.3 × 40 cm (11 15/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Befreiung der Finger (Liberation of the Fingers)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 38.3 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 48.7 × 58.6 cm (19 3/16 × 23 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1977 · Gelatin silver print, from "Erinnerungsspur (Memory's Trace)"

Image/paper, sight: 58.2 × 48.3 cm (22 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Befreiung der Finger (Liberation of the Fingers)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 38.4 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Befreiung der Finger (Liberation of the Fingers)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 38.4 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Befreiung der Finger (Liberation of the Fingers)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 38.4 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Befreiung der Finger (Liberation of the Fingers)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 38.5 × 28.4 cm (15 3/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Befreiung der Finger (Liberation of the Fingers)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper, sight: 38.3 × 28.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moorbegehung (Crossing the Moor)

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 49.4 × 60 cm (19 1/2 × 23 5/8 in.); Paper: 50.2 × 60.8 cm (19 13/16 × 23 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

19 published of 22 catalogued · 19 with image

Art Institute Chicago
16 published16 img
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued2 img
The Met
1 published
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Phillips

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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