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Roman Opalka
1931–2011
WA-00044083
Painting
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
0
Works in Collection
12
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Influence Graph
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Authority Records (1)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
View all exhibitions →No image
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
No image
Bookworks
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
No image
Recent Acquisitions, 1968�1973
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973
Field Verification (4 fields)
1 cross-verified · 3 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy· 85%
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
- BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
Source Registry (3)
- SothebysTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Hauser-WirthTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
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Related Artists
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Museum Collections
Artwork sources (2)
0 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image
- + 2 more sources · 9 catalogued, not yet published
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Images
Relationships
2Collections2
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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