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Kristians Tonny

Kristians Tonny

1907–1977

WA-00001994

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

14

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ496692

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Modern Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936–1937

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New Acquisitions: Lachaise Torso; Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934

No image

Modern European Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1933

No image

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1933

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyAi Generated· 32%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5898
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/kristians-tonny
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

Circus Arena with Horses

1930 · Etching and drypoint

Plate 7 1/4 x 5 1/2"

Museum of Modern Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Figures

1929 · brown ink (transfer drawing)

Sheet: 50.4 x 64.9 cm (19 13/16 x 25 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1927 · Drypoint (and etching?)

Plate 9 9/16 x 11 3/4" (24.3 x 29.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Architectural Fantasy

1927 · gray chalk and yellow gouache

Sheet: 47.3 x 63.2 cm (18 5/8 x 24 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fantastic Landscape with Figures

Probably a type of transfer technique comparable to mimeographing (ie. drawn over prepared surface and printed in spe cial rotation press). Printed in sepia

Comp. 14 x 23 1/2" (35.5 x 59.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Probably a type of transfer technique comparable to mimeographing (ie. drawn over prepared surface and printed in spe cial rotation press). Printed in sepia

Comp. 11 7/8 x 18 1/4" (30.2 x 46.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (2)

7 published of 11 catalogued · 0 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Landscape with Figures
1929 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Architectural Fantasy
1927 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Circus
1930 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Kristians Tonny (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Kristians Tonny (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US