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Artists›Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson

1960

WA-00012594

Brooklyn, NY, USA

PhotographyContemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ6681389

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationGallery Hauser· 80%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/lorna-simpson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lorna-simpson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6602
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Lorna Simpson yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (47)

May, June, July, August '57/'09 #8

2009 · Twelve gelatin silver prints

Each 5 × 5" (12.7 × 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Photo Booth

2008 · 100 works on paper, photographs and ink

Overall display dimension are variable.

Tate

Theater Seats

1998 · Serigraph on eighteen felt panels

Overall 78 × 99" (198.1 × 251.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Recall from Exit 8

1998 · Screenprint on felt from a portfolio of seven screenprints (two with collage additions, two with water color additions), one lithograph, and screenprinted cover

composition: 16 1/2 × 22" (41.9 × 55.9 cm); sheet: 30 × 22" (76.2 × 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Backdrops, Circa 1940s

1998 · Screenprint on two felt panels

Left: 66.2 x 42.7 x 0.4 cm (26 1/16 x 16 13/16 x 3/16 in.); Right: 66.1 x 42.7 x 0.4 cm (26 x 16 13/16 x 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Details

1996 · Photogravure

10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

47 published of 82 catalogued · 69 with image

MoMA
34 publishedof 69 catalogued64 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Tate
2 published2 img
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Cure/Heal
1992 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Wishbones III
1994 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Five Day Forecast
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Photo Booth
2008 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ceramic Wishbone for Wishbones III
1994 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Rubber Wishbone for Wishbones III
1994 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Metal Wishbone for Wishbones III
1994 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Backdrops, Circa 1940s
1998 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Felt Cavity for Wishbones III
1994 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Artsy

Background

Education

University of California, San Diego

Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts

Visual Arts

High School of Art and Design

Visual Arts

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