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Hans Richter

Hans Richter

German-American-Swiss, 1888–1976

WA-00002886

DrawingCubismDadaismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

10

Works in Collection

31

Assets Indexed

10

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ213597

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Large Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Extraordinary Men

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

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De Stijl

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952–1953

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Cubism and Abstract Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

Field Verification (5 fields)

4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyAi Generated· 87%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4908
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (10)

Postcard (Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Reis)

1964 · Photocollage and ink on paper

5 3/4 × 4 1/8" (14.6 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 17 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 17 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 13/16 × 4 7/16" (14.7 × 11.3 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled still from Film Study (Filmstudie) (1928)

Untitled still from Film Study (Filmstudie) (1928)

1927 · Gelatin silver print

2 7/8 × 3 7/8" (7.3 × 9.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

G Zeitschrift für Elementare Gestaltung letterhead (Letter to Naum Gabo from Hans Richter)

1923 · Letterpress

9 5/8 × 8 3/4" (24.4 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fugue (Fuge)

1920 · Pencil on paper

18 1/2 x 110" (47.0 x 279.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Iwan Goll

1917 · Ink on paper

10 5/8 x 8 3/8" (27.1 x 21.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Aktion, vol. 6, no. 13

Die Aktion, vol. 6, no. 13

1916 · Periodical with reproduction on cover and five linoleum cuts by Hans Richter

page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Raoul Hausmann

1915 · Ink on paper

11 3/4 x 8 1/2" (29.8 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ludwig K. Hilberseimer (recto); Group of Figures (verso)

Ludwig K. Hilberseimer (recto); Group of Figures (verso)

1912 · Charcoal (recto), and graphite (verso), on ivory laid paper

29.6 × 20.4 cm (11 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

10 published of 29 catalogued · 23 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 28 catalogued22 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Record

Images

Hans Richter (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

International Congress of Progressive Artists

Wikimedia Commons

Relationships

9

Movements5

Cubism Dadaism Surrealism De Stijl Abstract Art

Collections4

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Heritage Auctions Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

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