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Jean Metzinger

Jean Metzinger

1883–1956

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DrawingCubismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

17

Works in Collection

35

Assets Indexed

8

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ313096

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972–1973

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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

1961–1962

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New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/jean-metzinger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3947
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Folio 8 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

1949 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

plate (partial): 6 5/16 x 4 15/16" (16.1 x 12.5cm); page: 12 13/16 × 9 13/16" (32.5 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 8) from Poésie de mots inconnus

In-text plate (folio 8) from Poésie de mots inconnus

1949 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

plate (partial): 6 5/16 x 4 15/16" (16.1 x 12.5cm); page: 12 13/16 × 9 13/16" (32.5 × 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Variant of plate from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

Variant of plate from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

1947 · Drypoint from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with seven etchings (two with engraving, one with drypoint, one with both), three drypoints, two aquatint and engravings, and a supplementary suite of twenty-two plates

plate: 6 15/16 × 5 1/8" (17.7 × 13 cm); sheet: 10 × 7 7/16" (25.4 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of plate from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

Duplicate of plate from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

1947 · Drypoint from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with seven etchings (two with engraving, one with drypoint, one with both), three drypoints, two aquatint and engravings, and a supplementary suite of twenty-two plates

plate: 6 15/16 × 5 1/8" (17.7 × 13 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/16" (25.3 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 31) from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

Plate (page 31) from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

1947 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven etchings (two with engraving, one with drypoint, one with both), three drypoints, two aquatint and engravings, and a supplementary suite of twenty-two plates

plate: 7 1/16 × 5 1/8" (17.9 × 13 cm); page (each): 9 13/16 × 8 1/16" (25 × 20.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Globe and Banjo

Globe and Banjo

1930 · Oil on canvas

65 × 92 cm (25 1/2 × 36 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Circus Equestrienne

1924 · Oil on canvas

63 7/8 x 45 in. (162.2 x 114.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman with a Coffee Pot

Woman with a Coffee Pot

1919 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1153 x 810 mm frame: 1199 x 846 x 63 mm

Seated Woman

1919 · Gouache with black Conté crayon on cream wove paper

Max: 38 × 28.5 cm (15 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life

1918 · Oil on canvas

73 × 54.3 cm (28 3/4 × 21 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Table by a Window

1917 · Oil on canvas

32 × 25 3/4 in. (81.3 × 65.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life with Lamp

Still Life with Lamp

1916 · Oil on canvas mounted on board

32 x 23 7/8" (81.2 x 60.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1914 · Charcoal on paper

22 1/8 x 17 3/4" (56.1 x 45.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Woman with a Fan

Woman with a Fan

1913 · Oil on canvas

92.7 × 65.7 cm (36 1/2 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman in a Hat

1913 · Graphite, with stumping, on tan wove paper

63.3 × 49.7 cm (24 15/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

1912 · Oil on canvas

59.2 × 73 cm (23 5/16 × 28 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

1912 · Oil on canvas

28 3/4 x 36 1/4" (73 x 92.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

17 published of 25 catalogued · 19 with image

MoMA
8 publishedof 16 catalogued12 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
The Met
2 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Woman with a Coffee Pot
1919 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

10 assets

Artsy artist portrait

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Jean Metzinger (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Jean Metzinger, L'Oiseau Bleu (left), André Lhote, two works (center), Albert Gleizes, Baigneuse (right), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

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Jean Metzinger, L'Oiseau Bleu (left), André Lhote (right), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

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Jean Metzinger, photo published in 1913

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La Maison Cubiste, Le Salon Bourgeois, Salon d'Automne, 1912, Paris

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Robert Delaunay Jean Metzinger Google Art Project

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Jean Metzinger, photograph circa 1912

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Relationships

8

Movements2

Cubism Abstract Art

Collections6

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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