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Artists›Lari Pittman

Lari Pittman

1952

WA-00003573

PaintingContemporary

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ13593213

Field Verification (7 fields)

5 cross-verified · 2 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Duplicate Merge+2· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Duplicate Merge+1· 88%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Lehmann-Maupinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lari-pittman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gladstonehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lari-pittman
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Theholehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lari-pittman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

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All that Glitters is Gold

2000 · pigment ink jet

Overall: 51.1 x 61.4 cm (20 1/8 x 24 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Once a Noun, Now a Verb #2

1998 · Matte oil on mahogany panel

121.9 × 91.4 cm (48 × 36 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Senseless Cycle, Tender and Benign, Bring Great Comfort

1988 · Acrylic and spray laquer on wood panel

243.8 × 162.6 cm (96 × 64 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

1989. A Portfolio of 11 Images Honoring Artists Lost to AIDS

1987 · photograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

NOSFERATU

1982 · Oil, acrylic, and metal leaf on paper and fabric, mounted to plywood

Overall: 42 1/16 × 77 1/16 in. (106.8 × 195.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Artwork sources (3)

5 published of 5 catalogued · 2 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

1989. A Portfolio of 11 Images Honoring Artists Lost to AIDS
1987 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
All that Glitters is Gold
2000 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

10 assets

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Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections4

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

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Background

Education

California Institute of the Arts

Master of Fine Arts · 1976

California Institute of the Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts · 1974

University of California, Los Angeles

Visual Arts · 1973

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition California Light and Space (The 21st Century Version)

2026