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Artists›Gerhard Altenbourg

Gerhard Altenbourg

?–1989

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ111018

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

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European Print Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 70%
Death yearWikidata· 70%
NationalityWikidata· 70%
Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
Profile imageWikidata· 70%
BiographyWikidata· 60%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/127
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (6)

Noble Distance (Erleuchtende Weite)

1977 · Woodcut

Comp (irreg): 9 x 25 1/4" (22.9 x 64.2 cm)Sheet: 17 3/8 x 30 13/16" (44.2 x 78.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ariadne from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1973 · Woodcut from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 17 3/16 x 27 5/16" (43.6 x 69.3cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 30 3/16" (57 x 76.6cm)

(irreg): composition 20 1/2 x 24 11/16" (52.1 x 62.7 cm)

Sheet: 33.2 x 19.1 cm (13 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Sub Rosa

1958 · black crayon and gray wash

Sheet: 71 x 14.6 cm (27 15/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Garden Behind the Spinnbahn, End of February (Gartenkolonie hinter der Spinnbahn, Ende Februar)

1956 · Ink, lithographic crayon, and watercolor on paper on canvas

51 7/8 x 62" (131.8 x 157.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (2)

6 published of 10 catalogued · 7 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

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2 entries · 1 sources

Sub Rosa
1958 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Consume in Weaving
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

New York · 1983

Group Exhibition Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981

New York · 1981

Group Exhibition European Print Acquisitions

New York · 1962

Group Exhibition Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1962