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Michelangelo Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto

1933

WA-00003891

Mixed MediaArte Povera

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

15

Works in Collection

72

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ573178

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986–1987

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People Watching

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Artists by Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Information

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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The Object Transformed

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

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

Source Registry (7)

Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/michelangelo-pistoletto
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Luhring-Augustinehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/michelangelo-pistoletto
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/michelangelo-pistoletto
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/michelangelo-pistoletto
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Galleria-Continuahttps://www.galleriacontinua.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4641
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

Arte Povera

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (15)

Seventeen Less One

2008 · Performance with seventeen mirrors in gilded frames

Mirror: 7' 10" x 70" each

Museum of Modern Art

Buro des Schwarzen Mannes from the Museum in Progress project Interventions

1997 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled for the Museum in Progress project Vital Use

1995 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Portraits of Artists

1994 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics

Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics

1983 · Lithograph

33 1/2 × 24 1/4" (85.1 × 61.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Girl Drawing

1979 · Silkscreen on stainless steel

229.9 × 124.9 cm (90 1/2 × 49 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bookcase

object, each: 2100 x 1200 x 400 mm

Bookcase

object, each: 2100 x 1200 x 400 mm

Bed

1976 · Iron alloy, plywood, foam and cotton

object: 450 x 1190 x 2080 mm

Doormats

1976 · Coconut fibre and rubber

object: 610 x 1900 x 990 mm

Door

1976 · Plywood, plastic and metal

object: 2210 x 1410 x 50 mm

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1973 · Lithograph on steel mirror from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition (including frame): 22 1/2 x 30 5/16" (57.1 x 77cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Venus of the Rags

Venus of the Rags

1967 · Marble and textiles

displayed: 2120 x 3400 x 1100 mm

Man with Yellow Pants

Man with Yellow Pants

1964 · Paper, oil, and pencil on polished stainless steel

6' 6 7/8" x 39 3/8" (200.3 x 100 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Standing Man

1962 · Silkscreen on steel

object: 2500 x 1250 x 25 mm

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Artwork sources (3)

15 published of 22 catalogued · 15 with image

MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued7 img
Tate
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Standing Man
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bookcase
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Doormats
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bed
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bookcase
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Venus of the Rags
1967 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Door
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

50 assets

Michelangelo Pistoletto (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Girl Drawing (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Door, Tate Liverpool (2)

Wikimedia Commons

Door, Tate Liverpool (2)

Wikimedia Commons

Door, Tate Liverpool (1)

Wikimedia Commons

Door, Tate Liverpool (1)

Wikimedia Commons

Michelangelo Pistoletto (2)

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

6

Movements1

Collections5

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Galleria Continua

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Galleria Continua

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

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