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1992 · portfolio of 24 lithographs by 24 artists
Cleveland Museum of Art
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George McNeil
American, 1908
WA-00028432
PaintingAbstract ExpressionismFigurationAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
6
Works in Collection
13
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Cultural Positioning
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985
No image
The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
No image
Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959–1960
No image
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
New Horizons in American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
Field Verification (3 fields)
3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
- BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
George McNeil was an American abstract painter whose work emerged from the postwar New York School, exploring gestural abstraction through bold color and energetic brushwork. Active from the 1940s onward, he developed a distinctive approach to nonobjective painting that balanced spontaneity with compositional rigor. McNeil's practice remained rooted in abstraction throughout his career, resisting figuration and narrative in favor of pure formal investigation.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Movement
Abstract Expressionism
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (6)
Artwork sources (2)
6 published of 10 catalogued · 4 with image
- MoMA4 publishedof 8 catalogued4 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 1989 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1992 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record
Images
Relationships
5Collections2
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
Market
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Market
Auction History
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artsy | Oct 2025 | $5,000 – $7,000 | Unsold |
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