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Peter Young

1940

WA-00012637

PaintingMinimalismContemporaryAbstract Art

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None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1755473

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Untitled I

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6522
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Peter Ford Young is an American painter. He is primarily known for his abstract paintings that have been widely exhibited in the United States and in Europe since the 1960s. His work is associated with Minimal Art, Post-minimalism, and Lyrical Abstraction. Young has participated in more than a hundred group exhibitions and he has had more than forty solo exhibitions in important contemporary art galleries throughout his career. He lives in Bisbee, Arizona.

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

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Movement

Minimalism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (9)

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Number 4

1971 · Synthetic polymer paint and ink on paper

8 3/8 x 10 1/8" (21.3 x 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper from the portfolio New York 10/69

1968 · Screenprint

composition: 20 1/8 x 24 1/8" (51.1 x 61.3 cm); sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 3/16" (51.1 x 61.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"#7 - 1967"

1967 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

9' x 9' (274.5 x 274.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"#1 - 1966"

1966 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

42 1/8" x 9' 8 5/8" (107 x 296.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Model of an Iron Lever Fid

1824 · iron (metal), brass (alloy)

height: 2.7 cm, width: 12 cm, depth: 3.9 cm

H. 6 7/8 in. H. (17.5 cm H.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Creamer

1775 · Pewter

H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Creamer

1775 · Pewter

H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tankard

1775 · Pewter

H. 6 7/8 in. H. (17.5 cm H.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

9 published of 13 catalogued · 9 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued6 img
The Met
4 published2 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Model of an Iron Lever Fid
1824 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements3

Minimalism Contemporary Abstract Art

Collections3

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

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In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Untitled I

New York · 1971