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Artists›Emerson Woelffer

Emerson Woelffer

American, 1914–2003

WA-00022014

Chicago, IL, USA

PrintmakingColor FieldAbstract Art

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None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ5370951

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6422
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/emerson-woelffer
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Color Field

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Printmaking

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (47)

Two Figures

1970 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 3/16 × 18 1/16" (61.5 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tri-Color

1970 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 1/16" (61.2 × 45.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figure

1970 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 1/16 × 18 1/16" (61.1 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Man Ray (Hommage à Man Ray)

1970 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 × 18 1/16" (61 × 45.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Max Ernst

1970 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 1/16" (61.3 × 45.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pont Neuf

1970 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/16" (76.3 × 56 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Duchamp (Homage à Duchamp)

1969 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 1/16 × 18 1/16" (61.1 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head

1969 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 3/16 × 18 1/8" (61.4 × 46.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figure

1969 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 1/16 × 18 1/16" (61.1 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Big Kiss

1968 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

57.3 × 46.1 cm (22 9/16 × 18 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1966 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 30 7/16 × 22 3/8" (77.3 × 56.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph in blue-green, brown, and black on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 56.8 × 43 cm (22 3/8 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Color lithograph on white Nacre paper

Image: 58 × 49.5 cm (22 7/8 × 19 1/2 in.); Sheet: 76.8 × 57 cm (30 1/4 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

367 × 295 mm (image; 569 × 380 mm (sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 56.3 × 43.8 cm (22 3/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 75.7 × 57 cm (29 13/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on white Nacre paper

Image: 65.5 × 51 cm (25 13/16 × 20 1/8 in.); Sheet: 77.5 × 56.5 cm (30 9/16 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 56.8 × 43.8 cm (22 3/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph in blue, beige and black on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 56.5 × 43.5 cm (22 1/4 × 17 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on natural Nacre paper

Image: 68 × 57 cm (26 13/16 × 22 1/2 in.); Sheet: 77 × 57 cm (30 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on natural Nacre paper

Image: 74 × 54 cm (29 3/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 77.2 × 57 cm (30 7/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph in brown-orange and black on natural Nacre paper

Sheet: 57.5 × 45.3 cm (22 11/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on white Nacre paper

Image: 34.5 × 26.3 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 48.3 × 38.5 cm (19 1/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph in red, blue, and black on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 56.5 × 43.3 cm (22 1/4 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph on white Nacre paper

Image: 30 × 23.4 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 29 cm (15 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

47 published of 75 catalogued · 75 with image

MoMA
28 publishedof 56 catalogued56 img
Art Institute Chicago
19 published19 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements2

Color Field Abstract Art

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

New York · 1969

Group Exhibition Selections from the Art Lending Service

New York · 1960