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Horst Egon Kalinowski

Horst Egon Kalinowski

German, 1924–2013

WA-00027805

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

31

Works in Collection

63

Assets Indexed

4

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0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1629289 ULAN500057594

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962–1963

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The Art of Assemblage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2971
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Horst Egon Kalinowski was a German sculptor and printmaker whose abstract works synthesized geometric and organic forms across cast bronze, carved stone, and graphic media. Active in the postwar period, he developed a vocabulary of sculptural volumes and printed compositions that moved between hard-edged geometry and biomorphic abstraction. His practice engaged with the material qualities of stone and bronze as primary generators of form.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (31)

DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · 11 soft ground etchings ( 7 with aquatint, 1 relief printed, and 1 relief and intaglio printed), printed in color

page 19 3/4 x 12 15/16" (50 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 21 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. dia. plate 10 1/4" (26.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 23 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 15 11/16 x 11 11/16" (39.8 x 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. dia. plate 10 7/8" (27.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 7 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching, relief printed in color

irreg. plate 10 15/16 x 12" (27.8 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 9 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 14 1/16 x 10 7/8" (35.7 x 27.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 11 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 14 1/16 x 10 15/16" (35.8 x 27.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 13 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching, relief and intaglio printed in color

plate 13 13/16 x 12 9/16" (35.1 x 32 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 15 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching, printed in color

plate 13 3/4 x 11 7/8" (35 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 17 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 14 1/16 x 9 3/8" (35.7 x 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 19 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching, printed in color

plate 13 11/16 x 10 9/16" (34.8 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from DER SONNENGESANG

1965 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 4 x 3 7/16" (10.2 x 8.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 17 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Aquatint, printed in color

plate 5 7/8 x 10 1/16" (15 x 25.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from HAIKU

1964 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 4 x 3 3/8" (10.2 x 8.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1964 · 11 aquatints (7 with etching or soft ground etching) and 2 soft ground etchings (1 relief printed), printed in color

irreg. page 13 3/4 x 12 15/16" (34 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 9 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 12 1/8 x 6 1/8" (30.8 x 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 19 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 8 5/8 x 8 3/8" (21.9 x 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 21 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Etching and aquatint, printed in color

plate 9 3/8 x 10 1/16" (23.8 x 25.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 23 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. plate 3 7/8 x 4 1/2" (9.8 x 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 25 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Soft ground etching, relief printed in color

plate 5 7/8 x 7 13/16" (15 x 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 3 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Soft ground etching, printed in color

irreg. plate 9 11/16 x 7 1/16" (24.6 x 17.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. plate 9 13/16 x 6 15/16" (25 x 17.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 7 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Aquatint, printed in color

irreg. plate 7 1/8 x 9 3/4" (18.1 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 11 verso) from HAIKU

1964 · Aquatint, printed in color

irreg. plate 8 15/16 x 11 5/16" (22.7 x 28.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

31 published of 62 catalogued · 4 with image

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Images

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Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US