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Harry Sternberg

Harry Sternberg

Artist
WA-00029606
PrintmakingSurrealismRealismSocial Realism
Representation
None documented
8
Institutional Exhibitions
13
Works in Collection
19
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947–1948
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Pictures for Children
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941–1942
No image
Twenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
No image
American Color Prints under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
No image
PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
No image
Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–1937
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New Horizons in American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • BiographyMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Harry Sternberg was an American printmaker and painter whose career spanned the twentieth century. Working primarily in lithography and etching, he developed a figurative language rooted in social realism, depicting urban scenes and working-class subjects with directness and formal clarity. Active from the 1930s through the postwar decades, Sternberg maintained a commitment to the printed image as a vehicle for accessible art and social commentary.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement
Surrealism
Medium
Printmaking
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

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Artwork sources (4)

13 published of 18 catalogued · 4 with image
  • MoMA
    5 publishedof 10 catalogued
  • Art Institute Chicago
    4 published4 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    3 published
  • The Met
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources
  • Circus
    — · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • The Secret of Life
    — · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Blast Furnace #1
    1937 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

Smoke-Stacks (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7
Movements3
SurrealismRealismSocial Realism
Collections4
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtArt Institute of ChicagoMuseum of Modern 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
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

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Group ExhibitionChildren's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
New York · 1947
Group ExhibitionPictures for Children
New York · 1941
Group ExhibitionTwenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes
New York · 1941
Group ExhibitionAmerican Color Prints under $10
New York · 1940
Group ExhibitionPM Competition: The Artist as Reporter
New York · 1940
ExhibitionAmerican Color Prints under $10Museum of Modern Art
New York · 1940