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Artists›Jem Southam

Jem Southam

1950

WA-00073200

Photography

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50%

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WikidataQ18434085

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2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
LocationArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/jem-southam
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Vam
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Jem Southam is a British landscape photographer and educator. He has had solo exhibitions at Tate St Ives, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Lowry, and the Royal West of England Academy.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

The A4 Motorway near Schiphol

2003 · photographic support, wood (plant material), glass

height: 920 cm, height: 117.5 cm, width: 115 cm, depth: 2.4 cm, width: 139.7 cm

Rijksmuseum

Moerdijkbrug

2003 · photographic support, glass, wood (plant material)

width: 139.5 cm, width: 1138 cm, height: 912 cm, depth: 3.5 cm, height: 117.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Schiphol

2003 · wood (plant material), photographic support, glass

width: 1147 cm, width: 139.5 cm, height: 912 cm, height: 117.5 cm, depth: 3.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Schiebroekse polder

2003 · photographic support

width: 40.5 cm, height: 30.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Schiphol

2002 · photographic support

height: 30.5 cm, width: 40.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Upton Pyne, January 14, 2001

2001 · chromogenic dye coupler print

Image: 68.3 x 86.5 cm (26 7/8 x 34 1/16 in.); Mounted: 91.3 x 107.8 cm (35 15/16 x 42 7/16 in.); Paper: 91.3 x 107.8 cm (35 15/16 x 42 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Ditchling Beacon, Dew Pond

1999 · Chromogenic print

Image: 92.7 x 116.8 cm (36 1/2 x 46 in.) Frame: 122.4 × 145.1 × 5.1 cm (48 3/16 × 57 1/8 × 2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (4)

7 published of 10 catalogued · 5 with image

Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
The Met
1 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Upton Pyne, January 14, 2001
2001 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Moerdijkbrug
2003 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The A4 Motorway near Schiphol
2003 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Schiphol
2003 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Schiphol
2002 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Schiebroekse polder
2003 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Victoria and Albert Museum

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Victoria and Albert Museum

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