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Artists›Marcel Mariën

Marcel Mariën

1920

WA-00002637

PhotographySurrealism

Representation

None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ1865524

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Hauser· 80%
BiographyAi Generated· 32%

Source Registry (1)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/marcel-marien
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Star Dancer

1991 · Starfish and plastic shoe on card

object: 360 x 260 x 47 mm

Tate

Desperate Attempt to Save Andy Warhol from Oblivion

1989 · Printed papers and ink on card

505 x 403 x 15 mm

Tate

All Gum

1979 · Painted plaster

object: 450 x 243 x 32 mm

Tate

The Tomb of Jack the Ripper

1976 · 5 tin cans, shell, fur, chipboard, wood and Perspex

object: 565 x 470 x 88 mm

Tate

Sculpture Friends

1974 · Printed papers and ink on printed paper

440 x 352 mm

Tate

Why We Are Fighting

1970 · Wood, Perspex, metal, plastic, rubber and mirror

object: 470 x 900 x 410 mm

Tate

Monsieur Courbet’s Good Days

1970 · Printed papers and ink on printed paper

235 x 300 mm

Tate

Le Gai pouvoir

1970 · Felt-tip pen on printed map

approx. 11 3/4 × 14 3/4" (29.8 × 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sol de la patrie

1970 · Cleaning cloth

23 1/4 x 22 13/16" (59 x 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Le Contexte

1969 · Screenprint with collage addition

composition and sheet: 27 3/4 x 19 9/16" (70.5 x 49.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Précision suisse

1969 · Felt-tip pen on printed paper with pressure-sensitive tape on cut paper

12 5/8 × 9 3/8" (32 × 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Fausse route

1969 · Printed envelope with ink, stamped ink, and cut-out revealing glassine and printed paper on card

9 5/8 × 13 3/8" (24.4 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Étonnante aventure survenue à un morceau de contre-plaqué, le 25 janvier 1969

1969 · Marker on plywood

3 3/8 x 50 11/16 x 13/16" (8.6 x 128.8 x 2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Animal Kingdom (1953) with English Translation (1967)

1967 · Printed paper and stamps on card

support: 188 x 117 mm

Tate

The Woman from Alost

1966 · Banknote, printed paper and ink on card

image: 187 x 148 mm

Tate

The Prostitute r...

1966 · Printed paper and ink on paper

340 x 240 mm

Tate

La Possession

1966 · Screenprint in artist's frame

overall (frame): 6 7/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 5/8" (17.4 x 43.5 x 4.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Spirit of the Staircase

1949 · gelatin silver print

Image: 12.7 x 8.8 cm (5 x 3 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Waiting

1945 · Watercolour, metal cogs, glass mirror fragments, metal drawing nib, safety pin, metal popper, paper clip, pen knife blad

image: 206 x 276 mm support: 206 x 276 mm support, secondary: 206 x 276 mm frame: 229 x 298 x 60 mm

Tate

Peace During Wartime

1940 · 2 lithographs on paper

image: 230 x 185 mm support: 230 x 185 mm support, secondary: 290 x 390 mm frame: 505 x 405 x 25 mm

Tate

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Artwork sources (3)

20 published of 20 catalogued · 19 with image

Tate
12 published12 img
MoMA
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Peace During Wartime
1940 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Animal Kingdom (1953) with English Translation (1967)
1967 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
All Gum
1979 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Why We Are Fighting
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Monsieur Courbet’s Good Days
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Tomb of Jack the Ripper
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Spirit of the Staircase
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sculpture Friends
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Star Dancer
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Prostitute r...
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

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Movements1

Surrealism

Collections2

Cleveland Museum of Art Tate

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

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