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Gondola
1999 · gelatin silver print
Image: 45 x 45.3 cm (17 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Paper: 45.5 x 45.3 cm (17 15/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Bea Nettles
Artist
WA-00028683
Printmaking
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
10
Works in Collection
14
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0
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0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Dream/Reality/Dream
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
No image
Unique/Multiples: Sculpture/Photos
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972–1973
No image
Photography Into Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Bea Nettles is an American photographer and printmaker whose work emerged from postwar experimental approaches to the photographic image. Working across darkroom processes and hand-manipulated techniques, she treats the photograph as a site for intervention rather than documentation. Her practice reflects the broader mid-century shift toward treating photography as a fine art medium capable of subjective expression and material transformation.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago
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Artworks (10)
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Artwork sources (3)
10 published of 12 catalogued · 4 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art6 published
- MoMA2 publishedof 4 catalogued2 img
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)
6 entries · 1 sources
- 1979 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1993 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1985 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1990 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1990 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1999 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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3Institutional
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Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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