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Artists›John Willenbecher

John Willenbecher

American, 1936

WA-00030072

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ21809609

MoMA

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2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6373
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (6)

Gurre-Lieder (5)

1979 · Acrylic on hardboard

121.9 × 152.4 cm (48 × 60 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Arch (16)

1976 · Collage composed of acrylic, with incising, on white wove paper, and cut-out white wove paper

57.2 × 46 cm (22 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unknown, from On the Bowery

1971 · Screenprint in color on white wove card

Sheet: 64.9 × 64.7 cm (25 9/16 × 25 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Triptych Willenbecher) (top)

1968 · Collage of cut printed paper, brush and black ink, and opaque white paint, with pen and black ink, metallic silver ink, and translucent red watercolor, on board

18.4 × 17.9 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate 15 (folio 13) from Stamped Indelibly

1967 · One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps

composition (irreg.): 5 3/8 × 5 1/2" (13.6 × 13.9 cm); page: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Stamped Indelibly

1967 · Illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (2)

6 published of 8 catalogued · 7 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued3 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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