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Henri Laurens

Henri Laurens

1885

WA-00013585

SculptureAbstract ArtCubism

Representation

None documented

24

Institutional Exhibitions

174

Works in Collection

341

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ738892

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

No image

Arp on Paper

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977–1978

No image

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

No image

Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Prints by Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Gods, Heroes, and Shepherds

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Sculpture from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Art of Assemblage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957–1958

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyAi Generated + Gallery Generic· 82%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/henri-laurens
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3409
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

Abstract Art

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (174)

Exhibition poster - Collages

16 x 24" (40.6 x 61cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reclining Woman (Femme étendue) (double page plate) from Un Poème dans chaque livre

Reclining Woman (Femme étendue) (double page plate) from Un Poème dans chaque livre

1953 · Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph

composition: 6 11/16 × 12 1/8" (17 × 30.8 cm); page (each): 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wrapper front from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 15/16 x 7 1/16" (22.8 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of tailpiece from page 68 (supplementary suite, plate 10) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 13/16 x 1 11/16" (4.6 x 4.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chapter title (page 51) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 2 15/16" (7.4 x 7.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of headpiece from page 33 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 7/16 x 4 9/16" (8.7 x 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of title page (supplementary suite, plate 1) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 6 3/8 x 4 5/8" (16.2 x 11.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 68) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 13/16 x 1 11/16" (4.6 x 4.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of chapter title from page 31 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 1/2 x 2 5/16" (6.3 x 5.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of headpiece from page 53 (supplementary suite, plate 9) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 15/16 x 4 3/4" (10.1 x 12 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 33) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 7/16 x 4 9/16" (8.7 x 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 49) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 2" (4.4 x 5.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of chapter title from page 13 (supplementary suite, plate 2) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 5/8 x 2 7/16" (6.7 x 6.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chapter title (page 13) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 5/8 x 2 7/16" (6.7 x 6.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 15) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 3/16 x 4 3/16" (8.1 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 53) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 15/16 x 4 3/4" (10.1 x 12 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (impression and signatures) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 7/8 x 1 9/16" (4.8 x 4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of wrapper front (supplementary suite, wrapper front) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 15/16 x 5 7/16" (22.8 x 13.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of headpiece from page 15 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 3/16 x 4 3/16" (8.1 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of tailpiece from page 29 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 1/4 x 5 5/8" (3.2 x 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of tailpiece from page 49 (supplementary suite, plate 7) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 2" (4.4 x 5.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of chapter title from page 51 (supplementary suite, plate 8) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 2 15/16" (7.4 x 7.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chapter title (page 31) from CONTES

1953 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 1/2 x 2 5/16" (6.3 x 5.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1953 · 12 woodcuts (including ornaments and wrapper front), some with linoleum cut: 11 printed in color and 1 printed in black; and 1 woodcut ornament on ivory, smooth, laid Auvergne Richard de Bas paper; and supplementary suite on white, smooth, laid Japan paper (except wrapper)

irreg. page 10 13/16 x 7 7/8" (27 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

174 published of 337 catalogued · 34 with image

MoMA
163 publishedof 326 catalogued26 img
Tate
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

XXe Siècle
1933 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bottle and Glass
1917 · Tate · 1 prov
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Seated Woman
1926 · Tate · 1 prov
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Bather (Fragment)
1931 · Tate · 1 prov
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Head of a Boxer
1920 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Henri Laurens (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Bunch of Grapes (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Bunch of Grapes (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

10

Movements2

Abstract Art Cubism

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

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