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Artists›John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin

Artist

WA-00003946

Hard-Edge PaintingMinimalismGeometric Abstraction

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1372986

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

BiographyGallery· 60%
Birth yearGallery· 60%
Death yearGallery· 60%
NationalityGallery· 60%
Primary mediumGallery· 60%
Profile imageGallery· 60%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3888
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Hard-Edge Painting

Medium

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (25)

WattsOS

Study for Untitled

1974 · Collaged paper and tape

Sheet (sight): 10 1/4 × 15 1/8 in. (26 × 38.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1970 · Collaged paper and tape

Sheet (sight): 11 7/8 × 15 in. (30.2 × 38.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1970 · Collaged paper and tape

Sheet (sight): 12 1/16 × 18 in. (30.6 × 45.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1970 · Collaged paper and tape

Sheet (sight): 14 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (37.6 × 30.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1970 · Collaged paper and tape

Sheet (sight): 11 15/16 × 15 1/16 in. (30.3 × 38.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1970 · Collaged paper and tape

Sheet (sight): 12 × 11 7/16 in. (30.5 × 29.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 54.5 × 45.8 cm (21 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

54.7 × 40.6 cm (21 9/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph in black and gray on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 45.8 × 54.7 cm (18 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Color lithograph in gray-brown on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 40.9 × 54.6 cm (16 1/8 × 21 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Color lithograph in black and gray on ivory wove paper

55.4 × 45.5 cm (21 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph in gray and yellow on ivory wove paper

Image: 45.9 × 30.6 cm (18 1/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 51.2 × 37.6 cm (20 3/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 55.3 × 47.2 cm (21 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph in black and blue on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 45.7 × 54.9 cm (18 × 21 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

76.2 × 56.2 cm (30 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 57.2 × 46.5 cm (22 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph in yellow and gray on ivory wove paper

Image: 38 × 43 cm (15 × 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 55 × 45.7 cm (21 11/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Llithograph in yellow on ivory wove paper

45.8 × 33.7 cm (18 1/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Color lithograph in red and blue on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 76.3 × 56.1 cm (30 1/16 × 22 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Color lithograph in black and green on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 54.6 × 45.8 cm (21 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 45.9 × 57 cm (18 1/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

Untitled

1963 · color lithograph

Sheet: 55.8 x 76.2 cm (21 15/16 x 30 in.); Image: 40.9 x 55.8 cm (16 1/8 x 21 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1962 · Lithograph in black, half varnished, on ivory wove paper

Image/sheet: 56.8 × 76 cm (22 3/8 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1962 · Lithograph in yellow and red on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 38.3 × 27.9 cm (15 1/8 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

25 published of 46 catalogued · 38 with image

Art Institute Chicago
18 published18 img
Whitney
6 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
+ 1 more source · 21 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

39 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements5

Hard-Edge Painting Minimalism Geometric Abstraction Figuration Abstract Art

Collections4

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

20 lots · 2016–2026

Background

Education

University of Hawaiʻi System

Visual Arts

Market

Auction History

Range: $3,276 – $275,000

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
#18-1960	Christie's	May 2026	$60,000 – $80,000	Unsold
#16-1960	Christie's	Feb 2026	$60,000 – $80,000	$76,200
Untitled	Christie's	Dec 2025	$40,000 – $60,000	$95,250
X-1958	Christie's	Nov 2025	$60,000 – $80,000	Unsold
#11-1963	Christie's	Feb 2025	$80,000 – $120,000	Unsold
#15-1963	Christie's	Jul 2024	$100,000 – $150,000	$113,400
Untitled	Christie's	Apr 2023	$5,000 – $7,000	$7,560
Untitled	Christie's	Apr 2023	$5,000 – $7,000	$6,930
Untitled	Christie's	Apr 2023	$3,000 – $5,000	$3,276
Untitled	Christie's	Apr 2023	$5,000 – $7,000	$4,788

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