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Artists›Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans

1958

WA-00008986

PaintingContemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

117

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ200622

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Luc Tuymans: The Fruit Basket

David Zwirner

2026

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Zwirner· 80%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

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Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/luc-tuymans
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/luc-tuymans
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/luc-tuymans
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7520
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (36)

Illusion and Reality from the series Ex Libris

2005 · Artist's book with offset bookplate

overall (closed): 8 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 1/8" (21.9 x 14.4 x 2.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Demolition

2005 · Oil on canvas

65 x 44 1/2" (165.1 x 113 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Secretary of State

2005 · Oil on canvas

18 x 24 3/8" (45.7 x 61.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frank

2003 · Gouache on paper

8 1/8 x 10 5/8" (20.6 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stranger on a Train

2003 · Gouache on paper

8 1/8 x 10 5/8" (20.6 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Carpet

2003 · Gouache on paper

10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dirt Road - Tropical Institute

2003 · Gouache on paper

8 1/8 x 10 5/8" (20.6 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Niks

2002 · Oil on canvas

109.2 × 113 cm (43 × 44 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Rumour

2002 · Installation of 7 color lithographs mounted on 3 panels of painted plexiglass and wood, with wood birdcage and framed text print

Overall: 36 × 263 × 16" (91.4 × 668 × 40.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2000 · Watercolor over traces of graphite on brown wove paper

28.8 × 21 cm (11 3/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lumumba

2000 · oil paint

24 1/2 x 18" (62.2 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Silence (for Parkett no. 60)

2000 · Multiple of shirt with embroidery

Composition (irreg.): 27 9/16 x 57 1/2" (70 x 146 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Sculpture)

2000 · Gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 5 3/8" (28.6 x 13.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Soldier

1999 · Oil on canvas

60.3 × 50.2 cm (23 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Blue Oak (Die Blaue Eiche)

1998 · Cut-and-pasted paper, gouache, and pencil on paper

15 1/2 x 11 7/8" (39.4 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1997 · Gouache and pencil with cut-and-pasted acrylic sheet on paper on board

10 1/8 x 6 5/8" (25.7 x 16.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate (each): 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet (each): 31 1/2 × 23 5/8" (80 × 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate: 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 3/4" (80 × 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate: 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 3/4" (80 × 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate: 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 3/4" (80 × 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate: 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 3/4" (80 × 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate: 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 × 23 3/4" (80 × 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate (each): 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet (each): 31 1/2 × 23 5/8" (80 × 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Temple

1996 · One from a portfolio of eight aquatints

plate (each): 20 3/8 × 14 5/8" (51.8 × 37.1 cm); sheet (each): 31 1/2 × 23 5/8" (80 × 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

36 published of 70 catalogued · 63 with image

MoMA
32 publishedof 64 catalogued57 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
+ 1 more source · 2 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

5 entries · 1 sources

Lumumba
2000 · MoMA · 5 prov
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