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| Germany | 42 |
| Italy | 32 |
| USA | 21 |
| Spain | 12 |
| France | 11 |
Biography: 
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9.4.1908 Born in Pécs (HU)
Vasarely's art and design represent what is called "optical art." First studying in Budapest, he later worked in Paris as an industrial designer in the 1930s. Following his first solo exhibition in 1944, Vasarely shifted to painting. After becoming fascinated with trompe-l'oeil and conducting research in the field, Vasarely invented his unique style of optical art in which he systematically combines flat, geometric shapes to create the illusion that the painting is moving or changing. Extremely active in the latter half of the 50s, Vasarely became internationally known after winning an award at the 1965 Sao Paulo Biennale.
= Vásárhelyi Győző
15.3.1997 Died in Paris (FR)
| | Public exhibitions 168 
until 27.2.2010
until 17.1.2010
until 15.12.
Solo shows 18
2009
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| Victor Vasarely - Mathematikum e.V., Gießen |
2008
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| ACCROCHAGE - Victor Vasarely - Galerie Haas & Fuchs - Berlin, Berlin |
2007
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| Victor Vasarely - Muzeum Umeni Olomouc / The Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc |
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| Victor Vasarely - Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Bayreuth |
2006
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| Victor Vasarély - Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich |
2005
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| Victor Vasarely in Black & White - Robert Sandelson, London (England) |
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| Victor Vasarely - Die Täuschung - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
2004
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| Victor Vasarely - Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
2003
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| Victor Vasarely - Galleria Melesi, Lecco |
2001
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| Victor Vasarely - Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf |
2000
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| Späte Werke - SCHUMACHER - Editionen Fils GmbH, Dusseldorf |
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| Selected Works of Victor Vasarely - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
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| Vasarely - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
1999
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| Victor Vasarely - Galerie Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf |
1998
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| Victor Vasarely - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela |
1967
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| Victor Vasarely - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1966
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| Vasarely: An Exhibition of Recent Paintings - - Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City, NY (closed) |
Group shows 147
2009
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| Die Moderne auf Papier - Leihgaben Graphische Sammlung Gast - Junkerhaus Simonskall, Hürtgenwald |
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| Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable. 1979-2009 : 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac - Abbaye St André - Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac |
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| L'oblique, un regard sur la géométrie contemporaine - , Montbéliard |
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| Farbklänge - Galerie Thomas, Munich |
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| Optical Art from Brunswick - Axel Dick im Kontext der internationalen Op Art-Bewegung - Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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| Begegnung Bauhaus. Kurt Schmidt und Künstler der Avantgarde - von Kandinsky bis Vasarely - Kunstsammlung Gera - Orangerie, Gera |
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| EXPLORANDO EL SUR - El universalismo constructivo y otras tendencias en América Latina - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
2008
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| klein maar fijn - Galerie De Rijk, The Hague |
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| Nur der Schein trügt nicht - Situation Kunst (für Max Imdahl), Bochum |
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| Op Art Revisited - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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| 16th Biennale of Sydney - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| escalera de color - exposición colectiva - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| revolução cinética - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Schaulust - Die Kunst des Sehens und des Täuschens - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
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| Pop and Op - Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
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| Linie - Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich |
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| Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound and the Optical in Art Since 1945 - Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Farbe zu Fläche zu Raum - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| Geiger Vasarely Bill - Farbe zu Fläche zu Raum - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
2007
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| Tamaño Real - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Homenaje a Picasso - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
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| un parcours II - Galerie Lahumière, Paris |
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| Match Race - Modernistic remixes between now and then - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg |
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| Without Representation - Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL |
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| Museu da Solidariedade - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
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| Ins rechte Licht gerückt - Kunst eines Jahrhunderts - Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen |
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| Vanguardia histórica - grabado - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| White-Black - Vasarely Museum, Budapest |
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| Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK |
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| Twin Bill - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK |
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| Pluridimensión - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Raumfüller - Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| The Optical Edge - Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Op Art - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main |
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| OPTIC NERVE: Perceptual Art of the 1960s - Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH |
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| Ausgerechnet… Mathematik und Konkrete Kunst - Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg |
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| Op Art Revisited - Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
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| Living Color - Vasarely Museum, Budapest |
2006
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| Weihnachtsausstellung - Künstler der Galerie - M-ART Galerie, Hamburg |
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| Autour du Blanc. Exposition de goupe - Galerie Lahumière, Paris |
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| Bewegung im Quadrat - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch |
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| Real and virtual spaces - Vasarely Museum, Budapest |
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| Géométrie en liberté - Galerie Lélia Mordoch, Paris |
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| Tapestries - Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL |
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| 60th Anniversary Show - Gimpel Fils, London (England) |
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| Mirada múltiple - Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao |
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| Obra Gráfica - N2 galeria, Barcelona |
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| The Expanded Eye. Sehen - entgrenzt und verflüssigt - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Black & Blue - Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Täuschungsmanöver - Optische Irritationen und visuelle Manipulationen - Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall |
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| Geometric Abstraction and Color Function: Two Generations - D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| Ciccillo - acervo mac usp - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| zero - sammlung lenz schönberg 1956-2006 - Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
2005
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| Prélude - Dessins, gouaches, collages - Galerie Lahumière, Paris |
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| Eröffnungsausstellung - SQUARE - Die Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch |
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| In neuer Frische - Neupräsentation der Sammlung - Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen |
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| L’Œil moteur- Art optique et cinétique, 1950-1975 - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg |
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| Totally Geometric - Abstraction from the permanent Collection - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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| Amish Quilts: Kaleidoscope of Color - From the Collection of Faith and Stephen B - Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO |
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| The Enigma of Modernity - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Von Spitzweg bis Baselitz - Streifzüge durch die Sammlung Würth - Museum Würth, Künzelsau |
2004
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| Human Presence: Works from the Museum´s Collection - San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
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| Geometrical abstraction and op art - Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje |
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| Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s-70s - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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| Attraversare Genova. Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo. - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| Algorithmische Revolution. Zur Geschichte der interaktiven Kunst - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Klassische Moderne bis Minimal - Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen |
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| 25 Jahre Wilhelm-Hack-Museum - 25 Jahre Sammeln - Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen |
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| Africa - Beauty and Disaster - Galerie Beyeler, Basel |
2003
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| Artists Design Textlies - Dean Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Paris 1945 bis 1965 - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| Guest Art. Das Kunsthaus mit Leihgaben zu Gast - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich |
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| Sammlung Holze - Konkrete Kunst - Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal |
2002
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| Sammlung Hellmut und Norli Czerny - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
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| Transparences - Galerie Lélia Mordoch, Paris |
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| Arte Múltipla - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
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| Moderna Museet C/O Magasin 3 - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
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| Serigrafie – the best selection - Brunnhofer Galerie KG, Linz |
2001
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| Oeuvres sur papier - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris |
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| Astratta - Palazzo Cavour, Turin |
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| El Arte Abstracto y la Galería Denise René - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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| >Palomino< - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
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| Accrochage de groupe - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris |
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| Light and Movement of the Century Abstract Art - Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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| Ornament und Abstraktion - Foundation Beyeler, Riehen |
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| The First 10 Years: Selected Works from the Collection - Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin |
2000
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| Times are changing - Auf dem Wege! Aus dem 20. Jahrhundert! - Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen |
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| Art in Central Europe - 1949 - 1999 - Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| From Cubism to Minimalism - A selection of Works by World Leading Artists - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
1999
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| Geert Koevoets, Sculpturen en Wek op Papier - De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen/Mook |
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| Constructions - Porin Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori |
1998
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| Beyond art - Voorbij de kunst - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Weather Everything - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
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| Ungarn; Avangarde im 20. Jahrhundert - Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz |
1997
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| jenseits von Kunst - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
1996
1995
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| Bestandsaufnahme XII - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1993
1992
1991
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| La Vitesse - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1990
1989
1988
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| Zero, un movimiento europeo - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
1987
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| Rückblick - Eine Sammlung der 60er Jahre - Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz |
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| Mathematik in der Kunst der letzten dreißig Jahre - Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen |
1986
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| Point, ligne, plan - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1985
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| Les vingt ans du Musée à travers sa collection - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1978
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| The Book of the Arts of Artists' Books - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
1968
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| documenta 4 - Documenta, Kassel |
1967
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| Vom Bauhaus bis zur Gegenwart - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1965
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| Personal Choice: Paintings and Sculpture from Houston Private Collections - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| French Abstract Tapestry - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1964
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| documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel |
1959
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| documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel |
1955
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| documenta 1 - Documenta, Kassel |
Dealer Directory 54 |
Austria
| | Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Graz, Graz
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| | Galerie Rhomberg, Innsbruck
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| | Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg
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| | Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Wien, Vienna
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Belgium
| | Theo Wijnhoven Interior Art gallery, Bruges
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| | Guy Pieters Galleries, Knokke-Heist
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Brazil
| | Almacén Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro
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Canada
| | Landau Fine Art Inc., Montreal, QC
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| | Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, ON
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| | Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC
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Denmark
| | Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg
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France
| | Galerie Applicat-Prazan, Paris
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| | Art Partner Galerie, Paris
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| | Galerie Denise René - Rive Gauche, Paris
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| | Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris
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| | Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
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Germany
| | Auden Galerie, Bad Homburg
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| | Galerie Rosenfeld, Bad Kissingen
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| | Galerie Gärtner GmbH, Berlin
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| | Art Galerie Richter, Berlin
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| | Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
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| | Kunsthandel Sven Purrmann, Grefrath
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| | Elke Dröscher - Kunstraum Falkenstein, Hamburg
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Italy
| | Galleria Colossi Arte Contemporanea, Brescia
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| | Galleria L'Incontro, Chiari (Bs)
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| | Tornabuoni Arte, Florence
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| | J & G Art Gallery - Milano, Milan
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| | Galleria Perlini Arte, Reggio Calabria
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Liechtenstein
| | Galerie am Lindenplatz AG, Vaduz
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Netherlands
| | Paol & Co. Fine Art, Maastricht
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Spain
| | Galería René Metras, Barcelona
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| | Galería Elvira González, Madrid
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Carmen Weber, Zug
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United Kingdom
| | THE ANDIPA GALLERY, London (England)
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| | Gillian Jason Modern & Contemporary Art, London (England)
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| | Sims Reed Gallery, London (England)
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| | Robert Sandelson, London (England)
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| | Scolar Fine Art, London (England)
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USA
| | Doubletake Gallery, Burnsville, MN
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| | Pace Prints, New York City, NY
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| | Phurniture, New York City, NY
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| | Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
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Public collections 70

Australia
| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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Austria
| | Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
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| | Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
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Belgium
| | Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels
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| | MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liège
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Brazil
| | Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
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Canada
| | Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
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Chile
| | Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago
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Croatia
| | MSU Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
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Denmark
| | KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
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| | Statens museum for kunst, Copenhagen
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| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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Finland
| | Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
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| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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| | Porin Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori
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| | Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
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France
| | Musée Départemental de la Tapisserie, Aubusson, Creuse
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| | LAAC - Lieu d'Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque, Dunkerque
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| | Musée du Chateau de Montbeliard, Montbéliard
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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| | les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse
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| | Musée d'art moderne Lille métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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Germany
| | Kunstmuseum Walter im Glaspalast, Augsburg
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| | Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
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| | Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
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| | Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf
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| | Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
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| | KEOM Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen
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| | Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
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| | Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
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| | Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf
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| | Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm
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| | Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
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Hungary
| | Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest, Budapest
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| | Vasarely Museum, Budapest
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Indonesia
| | Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta
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Iran
| | Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
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Ireland (Republic)
| | Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
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Israel
| | Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
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Italy
| | MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano
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| | MUSPAC - Museo Sperimentale d`Arte Contemporanea, L´Aquila
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| | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
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| | Ca´la Ghironda - Museo d´Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea, Zola Predosa (BO)
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Japan
| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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| | Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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Korea (Republic)
| | Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul
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Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)
| | Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje
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Netherlands
Norway
| | Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen
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| | Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
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Poland
| | Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz
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Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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Romania
| | The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest
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Slovenia
| | Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts, Slovenj Gradec
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Spain
| | Museo-Casa de la Asegurada, Alicante
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| | Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca
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United Kingdom
| | Ulster Museum, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
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| | Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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| | Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
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| | Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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| | MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
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| | Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
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