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Fred Tomaselli

Fred Tomaselli

1956

WA-00002950

Painting

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

9

Works in Collection

44

Assets Indexed

11

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0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ4460192

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

James-Cohanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/fred-tomaselli
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/fred-tomaselli
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7673
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (9)

Biden Beats Trump (November 8, 2020)

2021 · Inkjet print and silkscreen on paper

Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Image: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2003 · Gouache, colored pencil, and pencil on black paper

20 1/2 x 30 3/4" (52.1 x 78.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Passerines Finches

2003 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

Museum of Modern Art

Cyclopticon for Parkett 67

2003 · Surface-mounted pigment print on plexiglass

composition and sheet: 12 x 12 x 13/16" (30.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2000 · Illustrated book with three woodcuts, one etching, and seven photolithographs

box composition 14 1/2 x 10 13/16 x 1 7/8" (36.9 x 27.5 x 4.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Echolocation

1998 · Epoxy, gesso, hemp leaves, pills and capsules, paper cut-outs, acrylic on board

182.3 × 137.2 cm (72 × 54 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bird Blast

1997 · Pills, leaves, collage, synthetic polymer paint, and resin on wood panel

60 x 60" (152.4 x 152.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

John 5/22/59

1994 · Gouache and colored pencil on black paper

14 1/2 x 17 3/4" (36.8 x 45.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Kathe from the series Chemical Celestial Portraits

1994 · Colored pencil and opaque watercolor on black paper

14 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (36.8 × 45.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

9 published of 15 catalogued · 8 with image

MoMA
6 publishedof 12 catalogued7 img
The Met
1 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Whitney
1 published

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Images

24 assets

Artsy artist portrait

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (2004)

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Artsy artwork: Bloom

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Artsy artwork: Bingo

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Artsy artist portrait

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Echolocation (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Echolocation (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Echolocation (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

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In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

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