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Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers

American, 1923–2002

WA-00001308

Bronx, United States

PrintmakingPop ArtPost-Impressionism

Representation

None documented

46

Institutional Exhibitions

595

Works in Collection

764

Assets Indexed

12

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ664291

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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For 20 Years: Editions Schellmann

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Committed to Print

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Tatyana Grosman Gallery Inaugural Installation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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For 25 Years: Prints from ULAE

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

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Selections From the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

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People Watching

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

Field Verification (6 fields)

5 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%

Source Registry (5)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/larry-rivers
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/larry-rivers
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/larry-rivers
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4945
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

Pop Art

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (595)

Black Jack (Two Jacks)

1989 · Colored pencil, graphite, and oil paint on paper lined canvas

29 7/16 × 23 5/16 in. (74.7 × 59.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pat Hand (King and Queen)

1989 · Colored pencil and graphite on paper lined canvas

19 1/8 × 18 1/2 in. (48.6 × 47 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bald Eagle, George and Part of the Constitution

1987 · Lithograph

irreg. composition 30 11/16 x 24 1/8" (78 x 61.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 198) from THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN

irreg composition 10 13/16 x 8 15/16" (27.5 x 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fold-out plate (facing page 118) from THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN

irreg composition 11 7/8 x 13 7/16" (30.1 x 34.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Magician of Lublin

1984 · Illustrated book with three lithographs

Page: 11 13/16 x 9 1/16" (30 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN

irreg composition 9 3/8 x 8 15/16" (23.9 x 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1983 · Lithograph

Composition (irreg.): 25 x 27 11/16" (63.5 x 70.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

Untitled from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

1983 · Photogravure with hand additions from an illustrated book with four lithographs, one offset lithograph, one woodcut, one etching with aquatint, one photogravure with hand additions, and one record

composition and sheet (diameter, approx.): 17 15/16" (45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Polish Rider

1982 · Color lithgraph on white wove paper

Image: 76 × 84.5 cm (29 15/16 × 33 5/16 in.); Sheet: 77 × 97.5 cm (30 3/8 × 38 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madama Butterfly from the portfolio Metropolitan Opera Fine Art

1978 · Lithograph and screenprint

irreg sheet 22 3/4 x 30 5/8" (57.8 x 77.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Donkey and the Darling

1977 · Illustrated book with fifty-four lithographs

irreg. page 17 1/2 x 21 1/4" (44 x 54 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

15 Years (poster)

15 Years (poster)

1976 · Color lithograph on buff wove paper

88.5 × 58.4 cm (34 7/8 × 23 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Outline of History from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence

An Outline of History from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence

1975 · Lithograph and screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs, four screenprints (one with collage additions), and two lithograph and screenprints

composition (irreg.): 26 1/2 × 40 3/8" (67.3 × 102.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 33 × 40 3/8" (83.8 × 102.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence

1975 · portfolio of 12 color prints comprised of six lithographs, three screenprints, two lithograph and screenprints, and one screenprint with collage additions

Cleveland Museum of Art

An Outline of History

1975 · lithograph

Sheet: 81.6 x 104 cm (32 1/8 x 40 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bread and Butter

1974 · Etching and screenprint, with varnish additions

plate 10 15/16 x 13 15/16" (27.9 x 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1974 · Screenprint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 20 3/8 x 29 1/16" (51.7 x 73.8cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 30 3/16" (56 x 76.6cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1974 · Three-dimensional lithograph

composition 16 3/4 x 19 3/16" (42.6 x 48.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm

Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Lithograph and four-color silkcreen on ivory wove 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

Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

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

composition and sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 15/16" (22.7 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

For Adults Only

For Adults Only

1971 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

87.3 × 81.3 cm (34 3/8 × 32 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

For Adults Only

For Adults Only

1971 · Color lithograph with cutout on white wove paper

104.6 × 75 cm (41 3/16 × 29 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

For Adults Only

For Adults Only

1971 · Lithograph in black, with cutouts and hand applied printing ink additions, on white wove paper

93.5 × 75 cm (36 13/16 × 29 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

595 published of 758 catalogued · 580 with image

Art Institute Chicago
404 published404 img
MoMA
163 publishedof 326 catalogued156 img
Tate
20 published20 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
The Met
3 published
Whitney
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Those who Fire, Those Who Run
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Observation
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Underground with Fraser
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
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Confederate Soldier
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Redcoats - Mist
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Enlisted Man and Officer
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Victims
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Fraser
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
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Underground with Two Frasers
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
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Parts of the Face: French Vocabulary Lesson
1961 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

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Larry Rivers (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Larry Rivers 1961

Wikimedia Commons

Larry Rivers 1961

Wikimedia Commons

Larry Rivers (cropped)

Wikimedia Commons

Larry Rivers (cropped)

Wikimedia Commons

Relationships

11

Movements2

Pop Art Post-Impressionism

Collections9

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Background

Education

Juilliard School

Visual Arts

Hans Hoffman School of Fine Art

Visual Arts