Artists›Nicolas Schöffer

Nicolas Schöffer

French, 1912

WA-00021399

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WikidataQ603870

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5257
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/nicolas-schoffer
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%

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Nicolas Schöffer was a Hungarian-born French cybernetic artist. Schöffer was born in Kalocsa, Hungary and lived in France from 1936 until his death in Montmartre, Paris in 1992.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 2mo ago

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Steel, duraluminum, plexiglass, and motor, in illuminated wood stage · 1965

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1965 · Steel, duraluminum, plexiglass, and motor, in illuminated wood stage

24 1/8 x 35 1/4 x 23 3/4" (61.3 x 89.5 x 60.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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