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Artists›Italo Scanga

Italo Scanga

Italo Scanga

Italian-American, 1932

WA-00029295

Calabria, Italy

Painting

Representation

None documented

3

Institutional Exhibitions

6

Works in Collection

12

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ6093577 ULAN500076393

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

For 25 Years: Crown Point Press

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

No image

An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

No image

Untitled II

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5194
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

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Medium

Painting

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (6)

Artists' Impressions

1992 · portfolio of 24 lithographs by 24 artists

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artists' Impressions: Excavation to Willem de Kooning

1989 · color lithograph

Image and Sheet: 30.7 x 30.5 cm (12 1/16 x 12 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1986 · monotype

Image: 69.4 x 52.7 cm (27 5/16 x 20 3/4 in.); Sheet: 76.5 x 57.5 cm (30 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.); Matted: 101.9 x 76.4 cm (40 1/8 x 30 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bombing of Monte Cassino

1984 · Woodcut

irreg composition 22 15/16 x 18 5/8" (58.3 x 47.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Listening to T.M.

Listening to T.M.

1981 · Etching and drypoint

plate (irreg.): 20 5/16 x 5 3/16" (51.6 x 13.2cm); sheet: 30 1/8 x 22 1/2" (76.5 x 57.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1981 · Drypoint

a, top plate 6 7/8 x 4" (17.4 x 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (2)

6 published of 9 catalogued · 3 with image

MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1986 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Artists' Impressions
1992 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Artists' Impressions: Excavation to Willem de Kooning
1989 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Mermaid Lamp (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mermaid Lamp (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Collections4

Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Heritage Auctions Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Feb 2026	$1,000 – $1,500	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition For 25 Years: Crown Point Press

New York · 1987

Group Exhibition An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

New York · 1984

Group Exhibition Untitled II

New York · 1971