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Paolo Soleri

Paolo Soleri

Artist

WA-00031159

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

26

Works in Collection

56

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ447351 ULAN500014829

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Visionary Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Built in USA: Post-War Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/8101
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/paolo-soleri
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Paolo Soleri was an Italian-American architect and visionary whose experimental practice bridged sculpture, urban planning, and ecological design. Working from his Arizona studios, he developed innovative approaches to cast concrete forms and designed theoretical megastructures that integrated human habitation with natural systems. His utopian architectural philosophy emerged from apprenticeships in the American Southwest and a conviction that cities could be radically reimagined as three-dimensional, high-density organisms. Soleri's drawings, models, and built prototypes including Arcosanti remain singular documents of postwar architectural idealism.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Sculpture

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (26)

Residential Dam, project, Elevation

1969 · Red and blue pencil on black and white blue-print

Sheet: 24 5/8 x 36 3/8" (62.5 x 92.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mesa City Project, Plan

Mesa City Project, Plan

1960 · Pencil and colored pencil on print

24 3/4 x 36 3/8" (62.9 x 92.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dam–Research Center Project (Plan and section)

Dam–Research Center Project (Plan and section)

1960 · Colored pencil on print

24 3/4 x 36 3/8" (62.9 x 92.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dam–Botanical Center Project (Perspective)

Dam–Botanical Center Project (Perspective)

1960 · Print and pencil on paper

36 1/4 x 24 3/4" (92.1 x 62.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mesa City Project, Site plan

Mesa City Project, Site plan

24 3/4 x 36 3/8" (62.9 x 92.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Campanula Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Campanula Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flight Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Flight Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flight Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Flight Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Balance Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Balance Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Residential Dam, Canyon Gardens Project, Perspective

Residential Dam, Canyon Gardens Project, Perspective

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

22 x 34" (55.9 x 86.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Levitation Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Levitation Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Levitation Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Levitation Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/8" (55.2 x 150.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Balance Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Balance Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/8" (55.2 x 150.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spanning Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Spanning Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/8" (55.2 x 150.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Helium Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Helium Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spanning Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Spanning Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Campanula Multifunction Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1958 · Silk-screen on paper (green bridge on purple field)

Sheet: 21 7/8 x 59 1/4" (55.6 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Helium Bridge Project

Helium Bridge Project

1958 · Silkscreen

21 3/4 x 59 1/8" (55.2 x 150.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Omega Residential Bridge Project (Elevation)

Omega Residential Bridge Project (Elevation)

1957 · Silkscreen on paper

21 7/8 x 59 1/8" (55.6 x 150.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Omega Residential Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

Omega Residential Bridge Project, Luxembourg, Elevation

1957 · Silkscreen on paper

21 3/4 x 59 1/4" (55.2 x 150.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dome House, Cave Creek, Arizona

Dome House, Cave Creek, Arizona

1949 · Plaster and plastic

4 1/2 x 17" (11.4 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stadium

Pencil and ink on paper

11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stadium

Pencil and colored pencil on paper

11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stadium

11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

26 published of 52 catalogued · 47 with image

MoMA
26 publishedof 52 catalogued47 img

Record

Images

Paolo Soleri (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Saint John the Evangelist (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint John the Evangelist (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

1

Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Visionary Architecture

New York · 1960

Group Exhibition Built in USA: Post-War Architecture

New York · 1953