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Artists›Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz

1961

WA-00012539

PhotographyContemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1288454

MoMA

Field Verification (5 fields)

2 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (6)

Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/vik-muniz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/vik-muniz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/vik-muniz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Templonhttps://www.templon.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7818
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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No biography available for Vik Muniz yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (57)

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The Thinkers

2014 · digital chromogenic print

Framed: 270.4 x 180.3 cm (106 7/16 x 71 in.); Unframed: 270.4 x 180.3 cm (106 7/16 x 71 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Self Portrait (Lucky)

2005 · Chromogenic print, printed 2009

37 5/16 × 30" (94.8 × 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Narcissus, after Caravaggio

2005 · Chromogenic print

7' 5 1/16" × 5' 11 7/8" (226.2 × 182.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death of a Loyalist Militiaman Frederico Borrell García, after Robert Capa

2004 · Chromogenic print, printed 2009

39 15/16 × 54" (101.5 × 137.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Still Life after Morandi (from Pictures of Magazines)

2004 · chromogenic process color print

Image: 182.8 x 214.6 cm (71 15/16 x 84 1/2 in.); Framed: 190.5 x 222.2 cm (75 x 87 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Self Portrait (from Pictures of Magazines)

2003 · Silver dye bleach print

55 × 40" (139.7 × 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lee Harvey Oswald After Sigmar Polke

2001 · Silver dye bleach print

24 × 20" (61 × 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

After Richard Serra, Prop, 1968

2000 · Photograph, colour, Cibachrome print, on paper mounted onto plastic

unconfirmed: 1524 x 1219 mm

Tate

Migrant Mother, after Dorothea Lange

2000 · Chromogenic print, printed 2009

39 9/16 × 29 5/8" (100.5 × 75.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still, after Cindy Sherman (from Pictures of Ink)

2000 · Silver dye bleach print

30 1/16 × 40 5/16" (76.3 × 102.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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New Lascaux Amusement Park to bring renewed wealth and lost of excitement to Vazére valley from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition (irreg.): 10 11/16 x 6 7/8" (27.1 x 17.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"Hey If You're So Damn Smart, Why Can't You Ever Get a Date?" from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition (irreg.): 12 1/8 x 5 1/4" (30.8 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Hundreds Die by Own Hand from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition (irreg.): 12 1/16 x 4 1/2" (30.7 x 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Never Before Released Cassavetes Thriller Is a Joy Ride from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition (irreg.): 12 7/8 x 6" (32.7 x 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Elephant Women from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition (irreg.): 9 5/16 x 6" (23.6 x 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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"Hey! Never Mind the Content - Look at the Context!" from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition (irreg.): 10 1/8 x 4 3/16" (25.7 x 10.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Dalai Lama Introduces Meditation Software from the series Personal Articles

2000 · Photolithograph

Composition: 6 5/16 x 11 1/4" (16 x 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Tony Smith, Die (Pictures of Dust)

2000 · Silver dye bleach print

Image: 127 x 160 cm (50 x 63 in.) Frame: 129.5 x 162.6 cm (51 x 64 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double Elvis

1999 · Silver dye-bleach prints

Each: 97.8 × 78.2 cm (38 9/16 × 30 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pillow II (after Dürer)

1999 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 47.9 × 58 cm (18 7/8 × 22 7/8 in.); Paper: 50.6 × 60.8 cm (19 15/16 × 23 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

11,000 Yards, The Helmingham Dell, after Constable, from the series "Pictures of Thread"

1999 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 48 × 58.1 cm (18 15/16 × 22 7/8 in.); Paper: 50.5 × 60.5 cm (19 15/16 × 23 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

1999 · Multiple of ceramic plate

diameter object 12 1/2" (31.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Medusa Marinara

1997 · Silver dye-bleach print

Image: 33.8 × 42.7 cm (13 5/16 × 16 13/16 in.); Paper: 53.2 × 52.7 cm (21 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait

1997 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 58.2 × 48.7 cm (22 15/16 × 19 3/16 in.); Paper: 60.6 × 51.2 cm (23 7/8 × 20 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

57 published of 97 catalogued · 72 with image

MoMA
39 publishedof 78 catalogued62 img
Art Institute Chicago
8 published8 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Tate
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

The Thinkers
2014 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Still Life after Morandi (from Pictures of Magazines)
2004 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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Background

Education

Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado

Visual Arts

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