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Gary Hume

Gary Hume

1962

WA-00000597

PaintingContemporary

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

44

Works in Collection

78

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ4502697

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

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

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gary-hume
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Matthew-Markshttps://matthewmarks.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7548
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Gary Hume is a British painter known for large-scale works executed in high-gloss household paint on aluminium panels, rendering simplified, flattened figures, flowers, and everyday motifs with a cool, lacquered surface tension. He was included in the 1995 Turner Prize shortlist and has exhibited extensively at White Cube and Matthew Marks Gallery.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (44)

Red Barn Door

2008 · Enamel paint on 2 aluminium panels

support, each: 2823 x 1326 mm

Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album

Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album

2007 · Drawing

Victoria and Albert Museum

Untitled 08

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 400 mm

Untitled 04

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 405 mm

Untitled 05

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 402 mm

Untitled 07

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 400 mm

Untitled 03

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 400 mm

Untitled 06

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 400 mm

Untitled 02

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 400 mm

Untitled 01

2006 · Linocut print on paper

image: 555 x 400 mm

2001 · Charcoal on canvas

28 x 22" (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel C#

Spring Angel C#

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel G

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel F

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel E

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel A

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel D

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring Angel C from Spring Angels

Spring Angel C from Spring Angels

2000 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2000 · Portfolio of eight screenprints

approx. composition: 42 7/16 x 33 15/16" (107.8 x 86.3 cm); approx. sheet: 50 x 39 13/16" (127 x 101.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2000 · Color screenprint with selectively applied glaze

50 1/16 × 39 15/16 in. (127.1 × 101.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2000 · Color screenprint with selectively applied glaze

50 1/16 × 39 7/8 in. (127.1 × 101.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2000 · Color screenprint with selectively applied glaze

50 1/16 × 39 15/16 in. (127.1 × 101.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2000 · Color screenprint with selectively applied glaze

50 × 39 13/16 in. (127 × 101.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

44 published of 58 catalogued · 44 with image

Tate
22 published22 img
MoMA
13 publishedof 27 catalogued20 img
The Met
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Untitled 03
2006 · Tate · 1 prov
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Water Painting
1999 · Tate · 1 prov
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Incubus
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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Young Woman
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled 02
2006 · Tate · 1 prov
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Cerith
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled 01
2006 · Tate · 1 prov
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Whistler
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
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Lady Parker
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
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Angel
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

14 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yellow Angels (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

9

Movements1

Collections8

Art Institute of Chicago Christie's Victoria and Albert Museum Tate The Metropolitan Museum of Art Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Matthew Marks Gallery

Current

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Goldsmiths, University of London

Visual Arts

The Norton Knatchbull School

Visual Arts

Homewood School

Visual Arts

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Exhibitions and timeline

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