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Artists›John Baldessari

John Baldessari

1931–2020

WA-00001228

National City, United States

Contemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

202

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ683378

MoMA

Field Verification (8 fields)

6 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge+1· 85%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (5)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/john-baldessari
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/john-baldessari
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/john-baldessari
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/304
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (98)

Engravings with Sounds: Arg

2015 · Digital print

composition: 35 15/16 × 59 3/8" (91.3 × 150.8 cm); sheet: 43 1/16 × 59 3/8" (109.4 × 150.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Engravings with Sounds: Sniffle

2015 · Digital print

composition: 36 3/8 × 70 3/8" (92.4 × 178.8 cm); sheet: 43 11/16 × 70 3/8" (110.9 × 178.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Engravings with Sounds: Snigger

2015 · Digital print

composition: 36 5/8 × 49 3/16" (93 × 124.9 cm); sheet: 43 13/16 × 49 3/16" (111.3 × 124.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Press Photo

2015 · Archival inkjet print on Canson Infinity Rag Photographique paper (310 gsm)

36 × 26 in. (91.4 × 66 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Crooked Made Straight (for Parkett no. 86)

2009 · Screenprint on plexiglass

sheet: 5 x 12" (12.7 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads (Red, White, and Blue) from Artists for Obama

2008 · Screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs (one with screenprint), three screenprints, three etchings (one with aquatint), and two drypoints with chine collé

composition: 10 15/16 x 14" (27.8 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 12 x 14" (30.5 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · One from a portfolio of six photoengravings

plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · One from a portfolio of six photoengravings

plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · One from a portfolio of six photoengravings

plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · One from a portfolio of six photoengravings

plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · One from a portfolio of six photoengravings

plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · One from a portfolio of six photoengravings

plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)

2007 · Portfolio of six photoengravings

plate (each): 10 13/16 × 8 1/4" (27.5 × 21 cm); sheet (each): 16 7/16 × 13 3/8" (41.7 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Doubt from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 2 3/8 × 8 3/8" (6 × 21.2 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2" (26.6 × 39.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abandoned from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 1 7/8 × 7 5/16" (4.7 × 18.5 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2" (26.6 × 39.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Perplexed from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 2 3/16 × 7 3/8" (5.5 × 18.7 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2" (26.6 × 39.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bait from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 8 1/2 × 2 1/8" (21.6 × 5.4 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2" (39.3 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Erect from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 7 7/8 × 2 3/16" (20 × 5.6 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2" (39.3 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Temptation from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 8 3/16 × 2 1/4" (20.8 × 5.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2" (39.3 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stuff from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 8 1/8 × 2 1/2" (20.7 × 6.3 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2" (39.3 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Motion from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 3 1/8 × 9 1/8" (8 × 23.2 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2" (26.6 × 39.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Between from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 8 1/16 × 2 1/8" (20.5 × 5.4 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2" (39.3 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Confrontation from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate: 3 1/4 × 7 15/16" (8.2 × 20.2 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 1/2" (26.6 × 39.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

2004 · Portfolio of ten photogravures with letterpress

plate (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (orientation varies, each): 10 1/2 × 15 1/2" (26.6 × 39.3 cm) or 15 1/2 × 10 1/2" (39.3 × 26.6 cm); box: 17 1/4 × 17 1/4 × 1 1/8" (43.8 × 43.8 × 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

98 published of 171 catalogued · 129 with image

MoMA
72 publishedof 145 catalogued121 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
Whitney
5 published
Tate
3 published3 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Photo-collage for Tristram Shandy with Quotations from the Novel by Laurence Sterne
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
1988 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hope (Blue) Supported by a Bed of Oranges (Life): Amid a Context of Allusions
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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One and Three Persons (with Two Contexts - One Chaotic)
1994 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Olive Press Portfolio II: Domestic Smoke: Desire, Power, Color Intervals, and Genie (with Two Boxed Asides)
1992 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Photolithographs by John Baldessari
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy
1988 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Background

Education

San Diego State University

Visual Arts

University of California, Berkeley

Visual Arts

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