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Artists›Derek Boshier

Derek Boshier

Derek Boshier

British, 1937

WA-00026321

Portsmouth, UK

SculptureContemporary

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

11

Works in Collection

14

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ5261826 ULAN500004033

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Around the Automobile

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965–1966

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/688
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (11)

Shy Cowboy

1980 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1324 x 1022 x 33 mm

Naked Cowboy

1980 · Oil paint on canvas

unconfirmed: 1549 x 991 mm

Frightened Cowboy

Frightened Cowboy

1980 · Oil paint on canvas

unconfirmed: 1549 x 991 mm

Untitled

1973 · Printed papers, black and white Polaroid photograph and string on screenprint on paper

support: 489 x 702 mm

F.E.

1973 · Lithograph on paper

image: 495 x 375 mm

Plan II

1972 · Lithograph and screenprint on paper

image: 549 x 803 mm

Plan 1

1972 · Lithograph and screenprint on paper

image: 549 x 803 mm

Output

1966 · Screenprint on paper

image: 467 x 816 mm

Untitled

1964 · Screenprint on paper

image: 533 x 746 mm

Untitled from The Institute of Contemporary Arts Portfolio

Untitled from The Institute of Contemporary Arts Portfolio

1964 · Screenprint

composition: 21 × 29 3/8" (53.4 × 74.6 cm); sheet: 22 13/16 × 31 7/8" (58 × 81 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Identi-Kit Man

The Identi-Kit Man

1962 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1830 x 1832 mm

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Artwork sources (2)

11 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

Tate
10 published10 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Plan 1
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled
1964 · Tate · 1 prov
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Plan II
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Naked Cowboy
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Shy Cowboy
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
F.E.
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Output
1966 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Identi-Kit Man
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Frightened Cowboy
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Prey with Carrots (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Around the Automobile

New York · 1965