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Artists›Marcel Broodthaers

Marcel Broodthaers

Artist

WA-00005916

Photography

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

122

Works in Collection

247

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (5 fields)

0 cross-verified · 5 single-source

LocationGallery Hauser + Gallery· 80%
BiographyGallery· 60%
Birth yearGallery· 60%
NationalityGallery· 60%
Profile imageGallery· 60%

Source Registry (3)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/marcel-broodthaers
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/795
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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No biography available for Marcel Broodthaers yet.

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Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (122)

Mademoiselle Rivière and Monsieur Bertin

1975 · 9 photographs, black and white, on paper on board

frame: 1010 x 905 x 57 mm support: 839 x 735 mm

Tate

Atlas

1975 · Lithograph on paper

image: 485 x 630 mm

Tate

Daguerre’s Soup

1975 · Screenprint and 12 photographs, colour, on paper

support: 530 x 514 mm

Tate

Daguerre Soup (La Soupe de Daguerre)

1975 · Chromogenic color prints (12) and silkscreens (2), from the portfolio "Artists & Photographs" (1975)

Each image/paper: 7.9 × 11.7 cm (3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.); 52.2 × 51.3 cm (20 9/16 × 20 1/4 in.); Overall: 53.4 × 52.1 cm (21 × 20 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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La Conquête de l'espace. Atlas à l'usage des artistes et des militaires (The Conquest of Space. Atlas for the Use of Artists and Military Men)

1975 · Bound book with black-and-white illustrations.

book, closed: 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 3/8" (4.2 × 2.9 × 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L'Angélus de Daumier

1975 · Exhibition catalogue. Offset lithograph, two volumes

10 × 8 1/16" (25.4 × 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Conquête de l'espace. Atlas à l'usage des artistes et des militaires (The Conquest of Space. Atlas for the Use of Artists and Military Men)

1975 · Artist's book. Offset lithograph, thirty-eight pages with slipcase

overall: 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/8" (4.2 x 2.9 x 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Atlas

1975 · Offset lithograph

composition (irreg.): 17 1/8 x 21 7/8" (43.5 x 55.5 cm); sheet: 19 1/4 x 24 3/4" (48.9 x 62.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Figure or Trade Mark (Palette)

1975 · Ink and pencil on paperboard

18 x 14" (45.7 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fishes

1975 · Painted and printed unstretched canvas, in nine parts

Each 31 1/4 x 39 1/4" (79.4 x 99.8 cm); overall 8' 1 5/8" x 10' 1 5/8" (248 x 309 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

En lisant la Lorelei. / Wie ich die Lorelei gelesen habe. (While reading the Lorelei.)

1975 · Artist's book. Letterpress, twenty-eight pages

Page: 12 5/8 x 9 1/4" (32 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Farm Animals

1974 · Lithograph on paper

image: 819 x 603 mm

Tate

Comedy

1974 · Lithograph on paper

image: 635 x 457 mm

Tate

Citron-Citroen

1974 · Lithograph and screenprint on paper

image: 1048 x 664 mm

Tate

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Roman. C'était comme une semaine de bonté (Novel: It Was Like a Week of Goodness)

1974 · Portfolio case: white glossy board with three flaps, linen spine, and fabric ties; case and flaps printed with six illustrations and text

overall, closed: 17 × 13 1/2 × 3/8" (43.2 × 34.3 × 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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La Soupe de Daguerre

1974 · Twelve chromogenic prints on board with printed paper label and ink inscription

Museum of Modern Art

The Mouse Writes Rat (At the Author's Expense) (La Souris écrit rat [À compte d'auteur])

1974 · Line block with felt-tip pen additions

sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/4" (76 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Manuscript Found in a Bottle (Le Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille)

1974 · Glass bottle, printed tissue, and box

box: 12 x 3 1/16 x 3 1/8" (30.5 x 7.7 x 8 cm); bottle: 11 13/16 x 3" (30 x 7.6 cm); sheet (tissue): 19 1/8 x 14 3/8" (48.5 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proverbe (Proverb)

1974 · Gouache on printed paperboard

16 x 12" (40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Comedy (Comédie) from the portfolio Mirrors of the Mind

1974 · Offset lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 9/16 x 15 5/16" (59.8 x 38.9 cm); sheet: 24 13/16 x 17 15/16" (63 x 45.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Farm Animals (Les Animaux de la ferme)

1974 · Lithograph on two sheets

composition (each, irreg.): 29 1/2 x 21 3/16" (75 x 53.8 cm); sheet (each): 32 1/4 x 23 11/16" (81.9 x 60.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Un jardin d'hiver (A winter garden)

1974 · Artist's book. Offset lithograph, twenty-eight pages with printed folder

page 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Paintings

1973 · Oil paint on 9 canvases

support, each: 800 x 1000 x 18 mm frame: 800 x 1000 mm displayed: 2640 x 3240 mm

Tate

Rebus

1973 · Lithograph on paper

image: 700 x 500 mm

Tate

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Artwork sources (5)

122 published of 221 catalogued · 192 with image

MoMA
96 publishedof 195 catalogued175 img
Tate
13 published13 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
The Met
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

I Return to Matter, I Rediscover the Tradition of the Primitives, Painting with Egg, Painting with Egg
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
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Daguerre’s Soup
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
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Bateau-Tableau
1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Railway Robbery
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Paintings
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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Mademoiselle Rivière and Monsieur Bertin
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
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Comedy
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

26 assets

Artsy

Le Corbeau et le Renard Marcel Broodthaers

Wikimedia Commons

Armoire Blanche et Table Blanche Marcel Broodthaers

Wikimedia Commons

Fotoshoot van 'Le Courbeau et le Renard' van Marcel Broodthaers

Wikimedia Commons

MarcelBroodthaers The black problem in belgium

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Relationships

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

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