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Nemesio Antúnez

Nemesio Antúnez

1918

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Painting

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

15

Works in Collection

33

Assets Indexed

3

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ11213413

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Some American Prints, 1949�50, from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Nemesio Antúnez was a Chilean painter and printmaker whose practice oscillated between geometric abstraction and expressive figuration, anchored in architectural and landscape motifs from his native terrain. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a visual language that navigated postwar modernism while establishing foundational approaches to abstraction within mid-twentieth-century Chilean art. His work bridges constructivist geometry and organic form, resisting a fixed position between the two.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (15)

Untitled (plate, folio 2 verso) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition: 17 3/8 × 12 3/16" (44.1 × 31 cm);

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (plate, folio 8) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

Untitled (plate, folio 8) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition 17 5/16 x 12 1/4" (44 x 31.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (plate, folio 4) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

Untitled (plate, folio 4) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition 17 1/8 x 12 3/16" (43.5 x 31 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (plate, folio 5) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

Untitled (plate, folio 5) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition 17 3/8 x 12 3/16" (44.1 x 30.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (plate, folio 9) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

Untitled (plate, folio 9) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition 17 3/8 x 12 5/16" (44.1 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (plate, folio 7) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

Untitled (plate, folio 7) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition 17 1/16 x 12 3/16" (43.3 x 31 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (plate, folio 6) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

Untitled (plate, folio 6) from Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · One from a portfolio with seven screenprints

composition 17 3/8 x 12 1/4" (44.1 x 31.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Estadios y Cordilleras (Stadiums and Mountain Ranges)

1973 · Portfolio with seven screenprints

irreg. page 19 7/8 x 13 7/8" (50 x 35.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Patagonia

1959 · Lithograph

composition: 13 1/2 x 20 3/16" (34.3 x 51.3cm); sheet: 15 1/4 x 21 5/8" (38.7 x 55cm)

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City Dwellers

1950 · Lithograph

composition: 11 9/16 x 9 9/16" (29.3 x 24.3cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 13" (43.1 x 33cm)

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City Dwellers

1949 · Etching

plate: 14 13/16 x 17 1/4" (37.7 x 43.8cm); sheet: 16 5/16 x 18 1/4" (41.5 x 46.4cm)

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Hombre Raiz Piedra, Man Root Stone (Plate, Folio 4) from Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

Hombre Raiz Piedra, Man Root Stone (Plate, Folio 4) from Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

1948 · One from an illustrated book with three etching and aquatints

plate 5 15/16 x 8 3/4" (15.2 x 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Del Centro Puro..., From the Pure Center... (Plate, Folio 8) from Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

Del Centro Puro..., From the Pure Center... (Plate, Folio 8) from Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

1948 · One from an illustrated book with three etching and aquatints

plate 8 7/8 x 6" (22.6 x 15.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

1948 · Illustrated book with three etching and aquatints

irreg. page 11 5/16 x 8 15/16" (28 x 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Noche Desnudo Estrellas, Night Nude Stars (Plate, Folio 11) from Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

Noche Desnudo Estrellas, Night Nude Stars (Plate, Folio 11) from Tres cantos materiales (Three Material Songs)

1948 · One from an illustrated book with three etching and aquatints

plate 8 7/8 x 7 1/2" (22.6 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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15 published of 30 catalogued · 26 with image

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition American Prints of the 20th Century

New York · 1954

Group Exhibition Some American Prints, 1949�50, from the Museum Collection

New York · 1951