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Artists›Roland Penrose

Roland Penrose

1900

WA-00002680

PhotographySurrealism

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None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ982677

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Collage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948

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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936–1937

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4551
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Sir Roland Algernon Penrose was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Movement

Surrealism

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Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

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

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

WattsOS

A Real Wheel

1983 · Cut and pasted papers and printed material, pastel, wash, graphite and leaf on paper

21 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (54 × 79.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bush in Hand from S.M.S. No. 3

1968 · Cut and collaged offset lithograph

irreg composition 10 3/4 x 6 15/16" (27.3 x 17.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Bush in Hand

1968 · Die-cut paper construction with printed photographs

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled (plate, folio 3) from Salvo for Russia

1942 · Engraving from an illustrated book with five etchings (one with aquatint) and five engravings

plate: 3 7/8 × 3" (9.9 × 7.6 cm); page (slightly irreg.): 8 3/4 × 6 9/16" (22.3 × 16.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Camera Obscura

1937 · College composed of cut-and-pasted printed elements, including Japanese paper, with charcoal, gouache, and graphite, on ivory cardboard

75.7 × 101.2 cm (29 13/16 × 39 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (4)

5 published of 7 catalogued · 4 with image

MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued3 img
The Met
1 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Bush in Hand
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Movements1

Surrealism

Collections4

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

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In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

Queens' College

Visual Arts

Leighton Park School

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

New York · 1968

Group Exhibition Collage

New York · 1948

Group Exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

New York · 1936