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Peter Milton

Peter Milton

American, 1930
WA-00028506
PrintmakingSurrealismConceptual ArtFiguration
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
9
Works in Collection
13
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (2)

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
  • BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Peter Milton is an American printmaker born in 1930 whose densely detailed engravings and etchings emerged from postwar abstraction into intricate, narrative figuration. Working primarily in intaglio techniques, he builds complex, labyrinthine compositions that combine modernist formal sophistication with dreamlike imagery drawn from literature, memory, and domestic life. His prints are characterized by meticulous cross-hatching and tonal gradation that create an almost photorealist precision within surrealist conceptual frameworks.

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

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Movement
Surrealism
Medium
Printmaking
Related Artists
12 in graph
Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

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Artwork sources (3)

9 published of 10 catalogued · 3 with image
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    7 published
  • MoMA
    1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
  • Tate
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources
  • Illustration for The Jolly Corner by Henry James: III:7
    — · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Interiors VII: The Train from Munich
    1991 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Illustration for The Jolly Corner by Henry James: II:4
    — · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Illustration for The Jolly Corner by Henry James: I:5
    — · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • April's August
    1975 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Card House
    1975 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Illustration for The Jolly Corner by Henry James: II:6
    — · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Daylilies
    1975 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

Artsy artist portrait
Artsy
Second Opinion (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Second Opinion (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6
Movements3
SurrealismConceptual ArtFiguration
Collections3
Museum of Modern ArtCleveland Museum of ArtTate
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Tate
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