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Max Bill

Max Bill

1908–1994

SculptureBauhausAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

60

Works in Collection

103

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Bauhaus
• Abstract Art

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Modern Poster

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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The Graphic Revolution: 1915�1935

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

About

Why this artist matters now

Max Bill was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer.

Source: Hauser Wirth · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Bauhaus

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (60)

Neues Denken Neues Wohnen Neues Bauen

Neues Denken Neues Wohnen Neues Bauen

1977 · Offset lithograph

50 x 35 5/8" (127 x 90.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1972 · Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 19 3/4 x 19 3/4" (50.2 x 50.2cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/4" (76 x 56.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homage to Picasso

1972 · color lithograph

Image: 49.5 x 49.5 cm (19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate IX, from 11 x 4 : 4

Plate IX, from 11 x 4 : 4

1970 · Color screenprint on paper

Image: 41.5 × 41.5 cm (16 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 64.8 × 55 cm (25 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate XI, from 11 x 4 : 4

Plate XI, from 11 x 4 : 4

1970 · Color screenprint on paper

Image: 41.5 × 41.5 cm (16 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 64.8 × 55 cm (25 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate X, from 11 x 4 : 4

Plate X, from 11 x 4 : 4

1970 · Color screenprint on paper

Image: 41.5 × 41.5 cm (16 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 64.8 × 55 cm (25 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate VIII, from 11 x 4 : 4

Plate VIII, from 11 x 4 : 4

1970 · Color screenprint on paper

Image: 41.5 × 41.5 cm (16 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 64.8 × 55 cm (25 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate III, from 11 x 4 : 4

Plate III, from 11 x 4 : 4

1970 · Color screenprint on paper

Image: 41.5 × 41.5 cm (16 3/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 64.8 × 55 cm (25 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Construction With and Within a Cube (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

Shared movement

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Shared movement

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Louise Nevelson

Louise Nevelson

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Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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