Polygon
1986 · Plate
Victoria and Albert Museum
WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture
Tapio Wirkkala
1915–1985
WA-00020191
Sculpture
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
36
Works in Collection
61
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
No image
Recent Acquisitions, 1946�1953: Department of Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953–1954
No image
Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
No image
New Design Trends
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
Field Verification (2 fields)
1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
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Medium
Sculpture
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Institutional
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Artworks (36)
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Artwork sources (3)
36 published of 54 catalogued · 49 with image
- MoMA18 publishedof 36 catalogued32 img
- Victoria & Albert17 published17 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)
1 entries · 1 sources
- 1955 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
Relationships
4Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
Market
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