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Nancy Burson

Nancy Burson

American, 1948

WA-00034953

St. Louis, MO, USA

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

10

Works in Collection

15

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ3335558

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/46261
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Photography

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (10)

Untitled (Mr. Buggs)

Untitled (Mr. Buggs)

1994 · Color instant print (Polaroid)

24 × 19 1/2" (61 × 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Visualization Image (Breast Cancer)

Visualization Image (Breast Cancer)

1988 · Chromogenic print

Image: 17.7 × 35.6 cm (7 × 14 1/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.7 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Evolution II (Chimpanzee and Man)

1984 · gelatin silver print

Image: 20 x 20.6 cm (7 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.); Framed: 46.5 x 46.5 cm (18 5/16 x 18 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mankind (An Oriental, a Caucasian, and a Black weighted according to current population statistics)

1983 · gelatin silver print

Image: 22.8 x 19.4 cm (9 x 7 5/8 in.); Framed: 48.4 x 44.5 cm (19 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Warhead I (Reagan 55%, Brezhnev 45%, Thatcher less than 1%, Mitterand less than 1%, Deng less than 1%)

1982 · gelatin silver print

Image: 19.1 x 18.9 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/16 in.); Framed: 46.3 x 46.5 cm (18 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Second Beauty Composite: Jane Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset, Diane Keaton, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep

1982 · gelatin silver print

Image: 20.9 x 22.7 cm (8 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.); Framed: 46.4 x 46.5 cm (18 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1982 · Gelatin silver print

19.3 × 19.2 cm (7 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First Beauty Composite: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Lauren, Marilyn Monroe

1982 · gelatin silver print

Image: 20.9 x 22.7 cm (8 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.); Framed: 46.4 x 46.3 cm (18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Warhead I (Regan 55%, Brezhnev 45%, Thatcher less than 1%, Mitterrand less than 1%, Deng less than 1%)

Warhead I (Regan 55%, Brezhnev 45%, Thatcher less than 1%, Mitterrand less than 1%, Deng less than 1%)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

7 9/16 × 7 3/8" (19.2 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women)

Androgyny (6 Men + 6 Women)

1982 · Gelatin silver print

8 1/4 × 7 3/16" (21 × 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

10 published of 13 catalogued · 7 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued6 img
The Met
1 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Evolution II (Chimpanzee and Man)
1984 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
First Beauty Composite: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Lauren, Marilyn Monroe
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Second Beauty Composite: Jane Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset, Diane Keaton, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mankind (An Oriental, a Caucasian, and a Black weighted according to current population statistics)
1983 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Warhead I (Reagan 55%, Brezhnev 45%, Thatcher less than 1%, Mitterand less than 1%, Deng less than 1%)
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Visualization Image (Breast Cancer) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements1

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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