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Artists›Irving Petlin

Irving Petlin

American, 1934–2018

WA-00028886

Chicago, IL, USA

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ6074722 ULAN500020129

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4578
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (14)

At the Equator....A Song from Memory

1981 · Oil on canvas

84.5 × 121.9 cm (33 1/4 × 48 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Self-Portrait as a Young Man

1981 · Pastel on paper

41 1/2 × 29 3/4 in. (105.4 × 75.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clay Lake, Morning Sundown

1975 · Oil on canvas, diptych

Each: 91.4 × 91.4 cm (36 × 36 in.); 91.5 × 91.5 cm (36 × 36 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Semetic Garden...A Young Man

1972 · Pastel on ivory wove paper

66 × 49 cm (26 × 19 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rubbings from the Calcium Garden...Meadlo

1970 · Oil on canvas

304.8 × 241.3 cm (120 × 95 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

S.M.S. issue #1 (Deluxe Edition)

1968 · Mixed media

Installation dimensions variable

Art Institute of Chicago

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Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton

1968 · Cover design for SMS: A Collection of Multiples, vol. 1

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton from S.M.S. No. 1

1968 · Offset lithograph

sheet (folded): 11 x 7 1/16 x 1/2" (28.0 x 17.9 x 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Skin from Artists and Writers Protest against the War in Vietnam

1967 · Lithograph from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with collage additions, one with die-cut, one with punched holes), six lithographs (one with embossing), and one etching

composition (irreg.): 20 13/16 × 16 13/16" (52.8 × 42.7 cm); sheet: 25 3/4 × 21" (65.4 × 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Study for The First of Four Mountains

1961 · Charcoal on paper

24 5/8 x 19 1/8" (62.7 x 48.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gamblers Celebration

1955 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 54 × 48.5 cm (21 5/16 × 19 1/8 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 49.3 cm (21 7/8 × 19 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wandering

1954 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image/stone: 51.5 × 40.5 cm (20 5/16 × 16 in.); Sheet: 63.1 × 50.5 cm (24 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Me and

1954 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 47.1 × 34.1 cm (18 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Sheet: 62 × 50.8 cm (24 7/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (The Christ Child)

1952 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 36 × 45.7 cm (14 3/16 × 18 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 66.3 cm (20 × 26 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

14 published of 17 catalogued · 11 with image

Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
The Met
1 published

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1 entries · 1 sources

Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1962