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Wrapper front from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN
1986 · Cut plate, printed without ink
irreg. plate 5 1/8 x 3 5/16" (13 x 8.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Eduardo Chillida
1924
WA-00013057
Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Sculpture
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
50
Works in Collection
129
Assets Indexed
3
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
No image
Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976–1977
No image
New Spanish Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
Field Verification (3 fields)
2 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationGallery Hauser· 80%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (4)
- Christies-ArtsyTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Hauser-WirthTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artist IndexTier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About
Why this artist matters now
Eduardo Chillida was a Spanish sculptor who worked primarily in iron, stone, and wood to create monumental abstract forms that engaged directly with space and landscape. His vocabulary of massive, interlocking geometric shapes emphasized the relationship between solid mass and void, often installed in public settings and natural environments. Born in the Basque country, Chillida developed a practice rooted in the material properties of forged and cast iron, creating works of architectural scale that invite spatial inhabitation rather than passive viewing.
Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (50)
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Artwork sources (4)
50 published of 80 catalogued · 21 with image
- MoMA30 publishedof 60 catalogued6 img
- Art Institute Chicago14 published14 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art5 published
- Tate1 published1 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)
6 entries · 1 sources
- 1966 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1972 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1972 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1979 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1963 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1959 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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8Institutional
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In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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Tate
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
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