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Max Walter Svanberg

Max Walter Svanberg

Swedish, 1912

WA-00029673

SurrealismFiguration

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

26

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5747
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Surrealism

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12 in graph

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (12)

Plate 17 from L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE, Volume 2/L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 2/THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE, Volume 2

1962 · Drypoint, printed in black

plate 5 7/8 x 4 7/16" (14.9 x 11.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lunds Konsthall

Lunds Konsthall

1962 · Lithograph

39 x 27 1/2" (99.0 x 69.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Unbound plate from BOÎTE ALERTE, Missives Lascives from EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DU SURRÉALISME

1959 · Lithograph, printed in color

composition 7 1/16 x 5 1/2" (17.9 x 13.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 3) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 4) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 5) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 7) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 8) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 6) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 1) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Plate 2) from Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Originallitografier (Max Walter Svanberg: 8 Original Lithographs)

1950 · Portfolio of eight lithographs

Sheet, each: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8" (38.4 × 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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12 published of 24 catalogued · 4 with image

MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued4 img

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Panther Springing out of a Tree (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements2

Surrealism Figuration

Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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