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Artists›Grete Stern

Grete Stern

Grete Stern

1904–1999

WA-00016973

Germany

Photography

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

23

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ215618

Field Verification (5 fields)

4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyWikipedia + Duplicate Merge· 88%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/36781
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (12)

No. 31: Made in England

1950 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 9.9 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

No. 24: Surprise

1949 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 8.4 x 7.5 cm (3 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1949 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 9.5 x 7.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

No. 10: Celestial Bodies

1949 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 9.1 x 7.1 cm (3 9/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

No. 6: Untitled

1949 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 9.3 x 7.7 cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

No. 15: Untitled

1949 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 7.7 x 10.2 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dream No. 24: Surprise

Dream No. 24: Surprise

1949 · Gelatin silver print

17 × 15 3/16" (43.2 × 38.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream No. 22: Last Kiss

Dream No. 22: Last Kiss

1949 · Gelatin silver print

19 1/2 × 12 3/8" (49.5 × 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream No. 1: Electrical Appliances for the Home

Dream No. 1: Electrical Appliances for the Home

1949 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1950

10 1/2 × 9" (26.6 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

No. 13: Consent

1948 · gelatin silver print, photomontage

Image: 8.1 x 8.2 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Photomontage for Madí , Ramos Mejía, Argentina

Photomontage for Madí , Ramos Mejía, Argentina

1946 · Gelatin silver print

23 9/16 × 19 7/16" (59.8 × 49.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Profile of a Woman, Berlin

1928 · Gelatin silver print

8 11/16 × 6 1/2" (22 × 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

12 published of 17 catalogued · 10 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued10 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

No. 10: Celestial Bodies
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
No. 6: Untitled
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
No. 31: Made in England
1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
No. 15: Untitled
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
No. 24: Surprise
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
No. 13: Consent
1948 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
No. 17: Worlds
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artwork: Grete Stern (1933)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Bertolt Brecht (1933)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Quien Será? (1949)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Dandelions, Dessau (1931)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Untitled (1949)

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Artsy artist portrait

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Relationships

1

Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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