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Willem de Ridder

Artist

WA-00033825

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MoMA

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BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/35728
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (45)

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Music for Taste Buds 1985 as performed by Aida

1985

7 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 1 3/16" (19.7 x 25 x 3 cm)

overall: 10 3/16 x 14 1/2 x 1/4" (25.9 x 36.8 x 0.7 cm)

Brochure for Willem de Ridder retrospectief, Groninger Museum, July 8-August 28, 1983

1983

Museum of Modern Art

Paper Fluxwork

1980 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset cards

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 3/8" (10 x 12 x 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Paper Flux Work from Flux Year Box 2

1968 · Envelope, containing 13 offset cards

envelope: 4 1/2 x 3 7/16" (11.4 x 8.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vondelpark Love-In

1968 · paper

width: 0 cm, height: 0 cm

Rijksmuseum

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European Mail-Order Warehouse/Fluxshop from Fluxshop

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Frame: 20 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 15/16" (51.1 x 35 x 2.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Prototype forPaper Fluxwork

1965 · Typewriting on paper

sheet: 3 5/8 x 5 1/2" (9.2 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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European Mail Order Warehouse Fluxshop

1964 · Gelatin silver print

image: 7 x 4 3/4" (17.8 x 12 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 1/16" (18.6 x 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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European Mail-Order Warehouse/Fluxshop inventory with Dorothea Meijer, seated, in the home of the artist, Amsterdam

1964 · Gelatin silver prints

Museum of Modern Art

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Stamps from European Mail-Order Warehouse/Fluxshop

1964 · Metal stampholder and two rubber stamps

overall (stampholder): 8 1/4 x 4 13/16 x 5 1/8" (21 x 12.3 x 13 cm); component (stamp .b): 2 1/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 13/16" (5.3 x 6.3 x 7.2 cm); component (stamp .c): 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 2 13/16" (5.2 x 4.1 x 7.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Paper Fluxwork

1964 · Envelopes containing offset cards

Each: 3 1/8 x 4 5/16" (8 x 10.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Paper Fluxwork

1964 · Plastic box with offset label, containing seven offset cards

overall (closed): 3 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 1/2" (10 × 12 × 1.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Materials for Fluxus 1

1964 · Partial contents of Fluxus 1

1 3/16 x 8 3/4 x 8 1/16" (3 x 22.2 x 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Paper Fluxwork

1964 · Envelope containing offset cards

3 3/8 x 4 7/16" (8.5 x 11.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Paper Fluxwork

1964 · Plastic box with offset label, containing fourteen offset cards

overall (closed): 3 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 3/8" (10 x 12 x 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Radar map for European Fluxshop and Mail-Order House

1963 · Offset

Sheet: 7 3/4 x 8 7/16" (19.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poster for Fluxus Festival/Theatre Compositions/Street Compositions/Exhibits/Electronic Music, Hypokriterion Theater, Amsterdam, June 23, 1963 and Fluxus Festival, Den Haag, June 28, 1963

1963 · Letterpress

sheet: 16 5/8 x 24 3/16" (42.3 x 61.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Laughing, performed during Internationaal Programma/Niewste Muziek-Nieuwste Theater/Nieuwste Literatuur, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam, December 18, 1963

1963 · Gelatin silver print

image and sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 3/8" (15.7 x 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Poster for Mars Door Amsterdam (March Through Amsterdam)

1963 · Letterpress in two parts

Overall: 43 5/16 x 31 5/8" (110 x 80.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Poster for Fluxus Festival, Amsterdam and The Hague, June 23rd and 28th, 1963

1963 · Letterpress

33 7/16 x 24 5/16" (84.9 x 61.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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PK, bursting into flames during Nam June Paik's Moving Theatre No. 1, Paralelle Aufführungen Neuster Musik, on the street outside Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam, October 5, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 7 15/16 × 11 7/16" (20.2 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

45 published of 89 catalogued · 13 with image

MoMA
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Rijksmuseum
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Vondelpark Love-In
1968 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections2

Rijksmuseum Museum of Modern Art

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Rijksmuseum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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