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Artists›Thomas Schütte

Thomas Schütte

1954

WA-00012591

Mixed MediaContemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

310

Works in Collection

590

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ316120

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (6)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/thomas-schutte
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/thomas-schutte
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/thomas-schutte
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/thomas-schutte
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5281
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (310)

Mother Earth

2024 · Glazed ceramic on artist’s steel base

Sculpture: 124.5 × 31 × 40.5 cm (49 1/16 × 12 1/4 × 16 in.); Artist's Steel Base: 100 × 60 × 45 cm (39 3/8 × 23 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Overall: 224.5 × 60 × 45.1 cm (88 7/16 × 23 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Krieger

2012 · Wood

9' 11 1/4" x 49 1/2" x 45 1/8" (302.9 x 125.7 x 114.6 cm) and 9' 9" 1/2 x 49 1/2" x 45 1/8" (298.5 x 125.7 x 114.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

General

2011 · Aluminum, with shirt

Sculpture: 49 × 25 cm (19 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.); Vitrine: 203 × 40 cm (80 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Placebos

2011 · One from a portfolio of twelve etching, aquatint, drypoint, and carborundum prints on vellum

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 11/16" (62 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

United Enemies I

2011 · Bronze

13' 3" x 80" x 89" (406.4 x 203.2 x 226.1 cm), 12' 8" x 80 3/4" x 83" (391.2 x 205.1 x 210.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Woodcuts

2011 · One from a portfolio of nine woodcuts

composition: 89 5/8 x 59 1/4" (227.6 x 150.5 cm); sheet: 99 5/8 x 63 3/4" (253 x 162 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

310 published of 580 catalogued · 569 with image

MoMA
270 publishedof 540 catalogued529 img
Art Institute Chicago
24 published24 img
Tate
16 published16 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

[no title]
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
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Architectural Models
2006 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
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Four Sisters in the Bath
1989 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
2001 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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