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Artists›Keith Sonnier

Keith Sonnier

1941

WA-00003774

SculptureMinimalismPerformance Art

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WikidataQ327520

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Pace· 80%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (5)

Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/keith-sonnier
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Kordanskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/keith-sonnier
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5526
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

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Movement

Minimalism

Medium

Sculpture

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (25)

Neon and Cloth from Computographics

1994 · One from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions

composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 11/16 x 62 3/8" (32.3 x 158.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Triple Loop from Computographics

1994 · Photoetching with collage from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions

composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Between from Computographics

1994 · One from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions

composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 11/16" (32.5 x 159.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hotel Delacourt from Computographics

1994 · One from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions

composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lit Circle from Computographics

1994 · Photoetching with collage from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions

composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Computographics

1994 · Series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions

composition and sheet (each unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Meridian Passage I and II

1992 · Ink and pigment on lined paper

6 × 7 1/2" (15.2 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wall-Neon

1979 · Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper

15 3/4 × 11 3/4" (40 × 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

BA-O-BA No IV

1976 · Ink on graph paper

9 1/2 × 8 1/2" (24.1 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

BA-O-BA No V

1976 · Felt-tip pen and ballpoint pen on graph paper

7 × 10 3/4" (17.8 × 27.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abaca Code I

1976 · Ink and colored pencil on graph paper

6 7/8 × 10 7/8" (17.5 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Abaca Code - Circles from the series Abaca Code

1976 · Paperwork, molded and dyed in color

Comp. and sheet diameter: 77" (195.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Air to Air

1975 · 12-inch vinyl record

composition 35 1/16 x 7 15/16" (89.1 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Two color silkscreen with varnish, on paper

22.9 × 30.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Screenprint with varnish additions from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph

composition and sheet: 8 7/8 x 12" (22.6 x 30.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Video Still Screen III from the Video Still Series

1973 · Screenprint, with crayon additions

total composition 27 11/16 x 35 7/8" (70.3 x 91.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

TV In and TV Out

1972 · Video (color, sound)

10 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Plaster Cast in Satin from 7 Objects/69

1969 · Multiple of plaster and satin

14 x 22" (35.6 x 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lit Circle

1969 · Synthetic polymer paint on circular glass, neon tubing, transformer, and wire

70 3/4" x 6' 2 3/4" x 18 1/4" (179.6 x 189.9 x 46.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Neon Wrapping Neon Bulbs III

1968 · Neon tubes and incandescent bulbs

29.3 × 80.1 × 197.5 cm (11 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 77 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Early Rutgers

1967 · Pencil and crayon on paper

20 x 22 1/2" (50.8 x 57.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1967 · Satin over foam rubber on wood with felt

3 3/8" x 9' 11" x 3 3/4" (8.4 x 302.3 x 9.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Early Rutgers Drawing

1966 · Graphite and spray paint on cream wove paper

57.4 × 51 cm (22 5/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

25 published of 46 catalogued · 40 with image

MoMA
21 publishedof 42 catalogued36 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements2

Minimalism Performance Art

Collections1

Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

Rutgers University

Visual Arts · 1966

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Visual Arts · 1963

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