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Artists›Mona Hatoum

Mona Hatoum

1952

WA-00009128

SculptureContemporaryVideo Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

105

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ273696

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

2024

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery Hauser+1· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/mona-hatoum
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://whitecube.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7447
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Mona Hatoum’s poetic and political work incorporates installations, sculpture, video, photography and works on paper.

Source: Hauser Wirth · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (37)

Projection

2006 · Paper

35 × 55" (88.9 × 139.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and every where

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and every where

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and every where

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from hair there and everywhere

2004 · One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

hair there and every where

2004 · Portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé

plate (each): 7 7/8 x 6 7/8" (20 x 17.5 cm); sheet (each): 16 x 14" (40.6 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hair Drawing

2003 · Human hair on handmade paper

5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hair Drawing

2003 · Human hair and fingernail on handmade paper

5 1/2 x 7 3/4" (14 x 19.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hair Drawing

2003 · Human hair on handmade paper

6 x 8 1/2" (15.2 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Routes II

2002 · Gel pen and colored ink on five maps

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (grey hair grid with knots 3)

2002 · Human hair with hair spray tied to black paper

13 1/4 x 10 3/4" (33.7 x 27.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (hair grid with knots 3)

2001 · Human hair with hair spray tied to transparentized paper

14 1/8 x 11" (35.9 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Thiers knives III)

2000 · Rubbing on wax paper

sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 1/4" (40 x 54 cm); frame: 18 7/16 x 23 7/8" (46.8 x 60.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (panhandled colander)

2000 · Rubbing on wax paper

composition: 16 15/16 x 21 1/4" (43 x 54 cm); frame: 19 1/2 x 23 15/16" (49.5 x 60.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Home

1999 · Wooden table, 15 steel kitchen ustensils, electric wire, 3 light bulbs, software and audio

displayed: 6000 x 3500 mm

Tate

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hair there and every where

1999 · Etching with chine collé

Plate (each): 7 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (20 × 17.5 cm) Sheet (each): 16 × 14 in. (40.6 × 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pin Rug

1999 · Stainless steel pins, canvas, and glue

1 1/4" x 49" x 6' 2" (3 x 124.5 x 188 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled (Brain)

1999 · Multiple of silicone rubber

overall (irreg.): 3 5/8 x 5 5/16 x 6 1/2" (9.2 x 13.5 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

37 published of 66 catalogued · 59 with image

MoMA
29 publishedof 58 catalogued52 img
Tate
7 published7 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Van Gogh’s Back
1995 · Tate · 1 prov
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Performance Still
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Measures of Distance
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
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Divan Bed
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled (Wheelchair)
1998 · Tate · 1 prov
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Home
1999 · Tate · 1 prov
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Incommunicado
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Peers & Context5

Arte Poveraco-exhibitedJannis Kounellisco-exhibited Mario Merzco-exhibited Rashid Johnsonco-exhibited Senga Nengudico-exhibited

Movements2

Contemporary Video Art

Collections4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Tate Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

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Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection

2024