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Artists›Nicole Eisenman

Nicole Eisenman

1965

WA-00003267

PaintingContemporary

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None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1986987

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (7)

Vielmetterhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/nicole-eisenman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Anton-Kernhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/nicole-eisenman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Corbett-Dempseyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/nicole-eisenman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/nicole-eisenman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/nicole-eisenman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sadie-Coleshttps://sadiecoles.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/19572
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Nicole Eisenman works primarily in oil paint and sculpture, producing figurative work that reasserts the human form with psychological weight and social acuity. Born in France and based in the United States, her paintings draw on the full lineage of Western figurative tradition while absorbing vernacular humor, queer identity, and political unease. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015, cited for restoring cultural significance to figuration during an era dominated by abstraction. Her work has been shown at the Whitney Biennial on three separate occasions and recognized with the Carnegie Prize in 2013.

Source: Vielmetter · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Contemporary

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Painting

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (12)

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The Abolitionists in the Park

2020 · Oil on canvas

10 ft. 8 1/4 in. × 8 ft. 9 1/8 in. (325.8 × 267 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Picabia Filter IV

2018 · intaglio with drypoint

Image: 39.4 x 22.9 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.); Sheet: 55.9 x 38.1 cm (22 x 15 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Picabia Filter III

2018 · intaglio with drypoint

Image: 39.4 x 22.9 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.); Sheet: 55.9 x 38.1 cm (22 x 15 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

2013 · Plaster

Overall: 13 1/2 × 12 × 1 11/16 in. (34.3 × 30.5 × 4.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Beer Garden

2012 · Etching, aquatint and drypoint with chine collé

Sheet: 44 1/2 × 51 7/8 in. (113 × 131.8 cm) Plate: 39 7/8 × 47 7/8 in. (101.3 × 121.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Contagion

2012 · color etching on wove paper

Image: 19.8 x 15.4 cm (7 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34 x 27 cm (13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Contagion (color version, proof 4)

2012 · etching and aquatint Hahnemühle bright white paper

Support: 39.1 x 32.1 cm (15 3/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Image: 19.8 x 15.4 cm (7 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 x 25.6 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Contagion (color version, proof 1)

2012 · etching and aquatint Hahnemühle bright white paper

Image: 19.8 x 15.4 cm (7 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Support: 39.1 x 32.1 cm (15 3/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Platemark: 19.9 x 15.3 cm (7 13/16 x 6 in.); Sheet: 34.4 x 27.3 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled (Man with Moon)

2012 · Woodcut

Image: 23 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (60.3 × 45.1 cm) Sheet: 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Contagion (proof)

2012 · etching and aquatint Hahnemühle bright white paper

Image: 19.8 x 15.2 cm (7 13/16 x 6 in.); Support: 39.1 x 32.1 cm (15 3/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 x 27.3 cm (13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Drawing Class

2011 · Oil and charcoal on canvas

165.1 × 208.2 cm (65 × 82 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Beer Garden

2007 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint

Image: 40 × 48 in. (101.6 × 121.9 cm) Sheet: 44 3/8 × 51 3/4 in. (112.7 × 131.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

12 published of 42 catalogued · 30 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
The Met
3 published
Whitney
2 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
+ 2 more sources · 30 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Contagion (proof)
2012 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Contagion (color version, proof 1)
2012 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Contagion (color version, proof 4)
2012 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Contagion
2012 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Picabia Filter III
2018 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Picabia Filter IV
2018 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

9 assets

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Wikimedia Commons

Nicole Eisenman, Foghorn Hits the Road, 2007, Oil on canvas, 14" x 10 ¾"

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Movements1

Contemporary

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's Phillips

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Background

Education

Rhode Island School of Design

Visual Arts

Scarsdale High School

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