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Artists›Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson

1954

WA-00005724

PaintingInstallation Art

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None documented

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WikidataQ5496574

Field Verification (7 fields)

3 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated+1· 88%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (1)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

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Movement

Installation Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

11 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

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

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Artworks (18)

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Oh! Monstruosa Culpa!

2013 · Glass, metal, plastic, and paint

Overall: 37 3/8 × 29 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (94.9 × 74.9 × 74.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

To Die Upon A Kiss

2011 · Glass

70 × 68 1/2 × 68 1/2" (177.8 × 174 × 174 cm)

Overall: 177.8 x 174 x 174 cm (70 x 68 1/2 x 68 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Mete of the Muse

2006 · Bronze, patina, paint

a: 63 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 25 3/4 in., 318 lb. (161.3 × 36.8 × 65.4 cm, 144.2 kg) b: 59 7/8 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/4 in., 274 lb. (152.1 × 47 × 46.4 cm, 124.3 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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2005 · Digital chromogenic print on coated plastic sheet

21 × 20 in. (53.3 × 50.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arise!

2004 · Aquatint with direct gravure

plate: 19 7/8 x 23 7/8" (50.5 x 60.6 cm); sheet: 30 3/4 x 33 3/4" (78.1 x 85.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Convocation

2004 · Spit bite aquatint with color aquatint and direct gravure

Image: 19 7/8 × 23 13/16 in. (50.5 × 60.5 cm) Sheet: 30 11/16 in. × 34 in. (78 × 86.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Average Day III

2003 · Lithograph with cut transparentized paper

23 x 17" (58.4 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

An Average Day II

2003 · Lithograph with cut transparentized paper

23 x 17" (58.4 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

An Average Day I

2003 · Lithograph with cut transparentized paper

23 x 17" (58.4 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled (Venice Biennale)

2003 · Chromogenic print

Sheet: 76.2 x 103.5 cm (30 x 40 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art in Our Time

1998 · Gelatin silver prints

Overall 10' 1 3/4" × 16' 8 1/2" (309.2 × 509.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of S.A.M. (Africans)

1993 · Three chromogenic prints

Each: 40.6 × 40.6 cm (16 × 16 in.); 40.7 × 40.7 cm (16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of S.A.M. (Native American)

1993 · Chromogenic print, edition number ten of ten

40.6 × 40.6 cm (16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of S.A.M. (Europeans)

1993 · Three chromogenic prints, edition number five of five

Each: 40.6 × 40.6 cm (16 × 16 in.); 40.7 × 40.7 cm (16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of S.A.M. (Asians)

1993 · Two chromogenic prints, edition number five of five

Each: 41.9 × 41.9 cm (16 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.); 42 × 42 cm (16 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of S.A.M. (Europeans)

1993 · Three chromogenic prints, edition number five of five

Each: 40.6 × 40.6 cm (16 × 16 in.); 40.7 × 40.7 cm (16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Guarded View

1991 · Wood, paint, steel and fabric

Dimensions variable

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (5)

18 published of 18 catalogued · 11 with image

MoMA
6 published6 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
The Met
3 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Whitney
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

To Die upon a Kiss
2011 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled (Venice Biennale)
2003 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

12 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements1

Installation Art

Collections4

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Background

Education

State University of New York at Purchase

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

Visual Arts

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