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Artists›Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

1938–2022

WA-00005676

Vienna, Austria

Contemporary

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ651376

MoMA

Field Verification (8 fields)

5 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
BiographyGallery Pace + Unknown· 80%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/hermann-nitsch
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4310
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Contemporary

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Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (4)

WattsOS

Untitled

1986 · Colored pencil and black ballpoint pen with pen and brown ink on paper

11 11/16 × 8 3/8 in. (29.7 × 21.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Drawing for the Theater of Orgies and Mysteries

1985 · Black ballpoint pen and graphite with traces of blue ballpoint pen on paper

11 11/16 × 8 5/16 in. (29.7 × 21.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Poured Painting

1963 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1048 x 806 mm frame: 1225 x 986 x 95 mm

Tate

Blood Picture

1962 · Fabric and blood on canvas

unconfirmed: 1062 x 804 mm frame: 1251 x 990 x 82 mm

Tate

Artwork sources (3)

4 published of 12 catalogued · 10 with image

The Met
2 published
Tate
2 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 8 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Blood Picture
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Poured Painting
1963 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

10 assets

Artsy

Wikipedia

Wikimedia Commons

Andrea Jünger Rychlik und Otmar Rychlik mit Herrmann Nitsch

Wikimedia Commons

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Movements1

Contemporary

Collections2

Tate Christie's

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Tate

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Christie's

Background

Education

Higher Federal Graphical Institute of Education and Research

Visual Arts

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