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François Morellet

François Morellet

1926

WA-00012535

PaintingMinimalismConceptual ArtContemporary

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

24

Works in Collection

49

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ667780

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Hauser· 80%

Source Registry (3)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/francois-morellet
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4083
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

François Morellet was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art and post-conceptual art.

Source: Hauser Wirth · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Minimalism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (24)

JE N'AI PLUS RIEN A DIRE

1994 · Artist's book

Museum of Modern Art

1986 · Woodcut on three sheets

comp (a) (irreg): 40.0 x 39.9 cm (15 3/4 x 15 ll/ 16"; comp (b) (irreg): 39.9 x 40.1 cm (15 ll/16 x 15 3/4"; comp (c) (irreg): 39.9 x 40.0 cm (15 11/16 x 15 3/4"; each sheet: 60.0 x 60.0 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8")

Museum of Modern Art

1º) 1.1.1 vertical, 1.1.1 horizontal, 2º) 1.1.1 vertical, 2.2.2 horizontal, 9º) 1.1.1 vertical, 9.9.9 horizontal

1976 · Ink and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°)

1974 · One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

8 Trames 0°90° ( 8 Wefts 0°90° )

8 Trames 0°90° ( 8 Wefts 0°90° )

1974 · Portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints

composition (each): 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm); sheet (each): 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Box catalogue for the exhibition PROGRAMM ZUFALL SYSTEM [PROGRAM CHANCE SYSTEM: A New Branch of the Etzold Collection's old Concept] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, May 4 – June 11, 1973

1973 · Cardboard box containing an exhibition booklet and four screenprints

Box: 7 7/8 × 6 5/16 × 1" (20 × 16 × 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poster for an exhibition of work by François Morellet at Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne

Poster for an exhibition of work by François Morellet at Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne

1966 · Lithograph

32 1/2 × 27 7/8" (82.6 × 70.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames

1965 · Screenprint in black on white board

Image/sheet: 61.7 × 61.8 cm (24 5/16 × 24 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Random Distribution of 40,000 Squares Using the Odd and Even Numbers of a Telephone Directory, 50% Blue, 50% Red

Random Distribution of 40,000 Squares Using the Odd and Even Numbers of a Telephone Directory, 50% Blue, 50% Red

1960 · Oil on canvas

40 5/8 x 40 5/8" (103 x 103 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90°

Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90°

1955 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1000 x 1000 mm frame: 1105 x 1106 x 67 mm

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Artwork sources (3)

24 published of 39 catalogued · 26 with image

MoMA
15 publishedof 30 catalogued17 img
Art Institute Chicago
8 published8 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Two Warps and Wefts of Short Lines 0° 90°
1955 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

10 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Trames (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trames (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Album de 10 sérigraphies sur 10 ans 09

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Album de 10 sérigraphies sur 10 ans 07

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Gorinchem kunstwerk verschoven structuur

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Emmen Morellet 02

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Emmen Morellet 01

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

7

Movements4

Minimalism Conceptual Art Contemporary Abstract Art

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

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