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Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany

1848–1933

WA-00021496

New York, NY, USA

PaintingArt Nouveau

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

95

Works in Collection

150

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ312950

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967–1968

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Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Art Nouveau

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955–1956

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Three Modern Styles

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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Art Nouveau from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Objects: 1900 and Today

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1933

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/louis-comfort-tiffany
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5876
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

Art Nouveau

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (95)

Vase

1928 · Favrile glass

6.1 × 7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bowl

8.5 × 28.8 cm (3 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1921 · Favrile glass

Museum of Modern Art

Bowl

1921 · Favrile glass

3 3/4 x 5 3/4" (9.5 x 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pair of Lampshades

Pair of Lampshades

Ea: 12.3 × 9.5 cm (4 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Powder box and cover

Powder box and cover

1919 · Favrile glass

12.7 × 15.2 cm (5 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vase

1916 · Favrile glass

h. 3 3/4" (9.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vase

1915 · Favrile glass

25.1 × 7.3 cm (9 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cypriote Vase

1915 · Favrile glass

11 1/2 x 4 3/4" (29.2 x 12 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vase

1915 · Favrile glass

4 5/8 x 2" (11.8 x 5.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1913 · Favrile glass

20 1/2 x 11 x 4 1/2" (52.1 x 27.9 x 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pair of Side Chairs

Pair of Side Chairs

1911 · Oak with velvet upholstery

Each: 109.9 × 51.8 × 50.2 cm (43 1/4 × 20 3/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vase

1911 · Favrile glass

H.: 45.7 cm (18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Candlestick

15 x 4 1/2" (38.1 x 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vase with Base

1910 · Silvered bronze and favrile glass

16 x 6 3/4" (40.6 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vase

1909 · Favrile glass

17.8 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm (7 × 4 1/2 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vase

1909 · Favrile glass

h. 6" (15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Paperweight Vase

Overall: 19.4 x 14.3 cm (7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase

33 × 11.4 × 8.6 cm (13 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vase

1905 · favrile glass

Overall: 33 cm (13 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase

1905 · favrile glass

Overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1905 · Favrile glass

Overall: 19.2 x 9.5 cm (7 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hanging Lotus Lamp

1905 · Glass and patinated bronze

h. 25 1/2" (80 cm), diam. 31 1/2" (64.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vase

1905 · favrile glass

Diameter: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (7)

95 published of 130 catalogued · 115 with image

MoMA
34 publishedof 69 catalogued57 img
Art Institute Chicago
29 published29 img
Victoria & Albert
17 published17 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published5 img
Cleveland Design
5 published3 img
Smithsonian
3 published3 img
The Met
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Vase
1905 · Cleveland Design · 1 prov
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Vase
1893 · Cleveland Design · 1 prov
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Vase
1905 · Cleveland Design · 1 prov
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Box
1898 · Cleveland Design · 1 prov
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Paperweight Vase
1909 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Vase
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Covered Box
1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Cover for a Box
1898 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Armchair
1891 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Vase
1905 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

18 assets

Louis Comfort Tiffany (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Armchair (c. 1891–93)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tall Clock (c. 1880)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase (c. 1905–10)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cover for a Box (1898–1901)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase (c. 1900–1902)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase (c. 1905–10)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase (c. 1900–1902)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

8

Movements1

Collections7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

Market

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