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Artists›Jonathan Borofsky

Jonathan Borofsky

1942

WA-00003690

SculpturePost-Impressionism

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None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ321527

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
BiographyUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (2)

Paula-Cooperhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jonathan-borofsky
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/682
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Sculpture

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (13)

Human Structures and the Light of Consciousness for Obama 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: 12 11/16 x 10 1/16" (32.3 x 25.6 cm); sheet: 14 x 11 1/8" (35.5 x 28.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait at 5,224,667

1993 · Ink on paper

13 3/4 x 11" (34.9 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jonnie Hitler

1992 · CD

cover: 4 7/8 × 5 5/8" (12.4 × 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Man with a Briefcase

1990 · Woodcut with collage additions

composition: 92 x 39" (233.7 x 99.1cm)

irreg. composition 37 1/8 x 41 1/4" (94.3 x 104.7 cm)

Composition: 52 1/2 x 37 3/4" (133.3 x 95.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled at 2,783,195

1982 · Ink and gouache on paper

7 7/8 x 6 1/8" (20.1 x 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Self-Portrait at 2,719,997

1981 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas in two parts, with synthetic polymer paint on wood and synthetic polymer paint on polyethylene in three parts

11' 6" x 7' 5" x 21' 3" (350.5 x 266 x 647.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Splithead 2673047

1980 · Acrylic on canvas, two parts

Overall: 136 × 108 in. (345.4 × 274.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Split Head with Hammering Man at 2688104

1979 · Lithograph

irreg composition 19 3/4 x 10 15/16" (50.2 x 27.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double Self-Portrait with Moving Hands at 2,626,636

1979 · Crayon on paper

67 1/2 x 49 1/4" (171.4 x 124.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled at 2,470,364

1977 · Ink on paper

14 x 11" (35.5 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Running Man through Four Frames with Persian Script (All is One) at 2,415,911 and 2,677,372

1976 · Black porous point pen and red watercolor with black acrylic paint over traces of graphite on paper

51 3/16 × 82 11/16 in. (130 × 210 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

13 published of 25 catalogued · 15 with image

MoMA
11 publishedof 23 catalogued15 img
The Met
1 published
Whitney
1 published

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Images

22 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikipedia

Signature of American artist Jonathan Borofsky, from 1986

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

Blickachsen 7 04 jonathan borofsky hg 002

Wikimedia Commons

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Movements1

Post-Impressionism

Collections2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Background

Education

Yale University

Visual Arts

Carnegie Mellon University

Visual Arts

Yale School of Art

Visual Arts

Carnegie Mellon School of Art

Visual Arts

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