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Untitled (Birth Prints A, B, C)
2019 · Aquatint
Sheet (Each): 16 3/8 × 12 7/8 in. (41.6 × 32.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Luchita Hurtado
Venezuelan-American, 1920
WA-00027669
Painting
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4
Works in Collection
13
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3
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70%
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- Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- LocationGallery Hauser· 80%
Source Registry (2)
- Hauser-WirthTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Luchita Hurtado was an American painter and draftsperson whose abstract works combined gestural mark-making with lyrical, biomorphic forms. Working across several decades in the postwar period, she developed a distinctive visual language rooted in color relationships and organic abstraction. Her practice remained largely independent of major institutional validation until later recognition, yet her sustained exploration of form and chromatic intensity established her as a significant figure in American abstraction.
Source: Hauser Wirth · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (4)
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4 published of 6 catalogued · 3 with image
- MoMA2 publishedof 4 catalogued2 img
- The Met1 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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