Tondo
1994 · Screenprint
Museum of Modern Art
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Claude Viallat
French, 1936
PaintingSupports/Surfaces
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
7
Assets Indexed
4
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Publications Referenced
70%
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- • Supports/Surfaces
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984
About
Why this artist matters now
Claude Viallat is a French painter and founding member of the Supports/Surfaces movement, which emerged in the 1960s to challenge the conventions of stretched canvas and gallery display. His work interrogates the materiality of painting itself, employing repetitive stamping, stenciling, and printing techniques on raw fabrics, paper, and unconventional grounds. Rather than treating the canvas as a neutral support, Viallat makes the material substrate, its folds, edges, and physical properties, integral to the work's meaning. His practice extends to large-scale installations and interventions that question the relationship between object, space, and viewer.
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Supports/Surfaces
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In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Auction History
Range: $9,375 – $60,480
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | €10,000 – €15,000 | Unsold | |
| Christie's | May 2025 | €10,000 – €15,000 | €12,600 | |
| Christie's | Apr 2025 | €25,000 – €35,000 | €27,720 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2024 | €15,000 – €20,000 | €60,480 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2024 | €12,000 – €18,000 | €56,700 | |
| Christie's | Dec 2024 | €12,000 – €18,000 | €50,400 | |
| Christie's | Apr 2024 | €6,000 – €8,000 | €15,120 | |
| Christie's | Nov 2023 | €10,000 – €15,000 | €30,240 | |
| Christie's | Jun 2023 | €7,000 – €10,000 | €17,640 | |
| Christie's | Jun 2023 | €20,000 – €30,000 | €40,320 |
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