Christian Boltanski, The Missing House

Christian Boltanski

French · 1944–2021 · Painter, Sculptor

Christian Liberté Boltanski was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and film maker. He is best known for his photography installations and contemporary French conceptual… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Christian Boltanski, Untitled, 1989, Mixed media installation comprised of 4 gelatin silver prints, 18 electric lights and biscuit tin with enclosed handkerchiefUntitledPhillips · $77,500≈ £46,603≈ €56,200Sign up to see
  2. Christian Boltanski, Reliquaire, 1990, Mixed media installation comprised of two gelatin silver prints, two electric lamps and cables, two steel boxes with wire mesh and thirty-six tin boxes containing fabricReliquairePhillips · £50,000≈ $62,395≈ €56,395Sign up to see
  3. Christian Boltanski, Monument, 1985, photographs in metal frames, light bulbs, electrical wiresMonumentPhillips · $43,750≈ £27,850≈ €38,621Sign up to see

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Christian Liberté Boltanski was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and film maker. He is best known for his photography installations and contemporary French conceptual style.

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Born 1944, ParisDied 2021, 14th arrondissement of ParisOccupation Painter, Sculptor, Illustrator, PhotographerWikidata Q705225 ↗ULAN 500083011 ↗Museum works 1

In the collections of

TateBelvedereCODA MuseumDe AppelDe PontFinnish National GalleryGroninger MuseumHessel Museum of ArtInstitut Valencià d'Art ModernMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum Boijmans Van BeuningenMuseum of GrenobleMuseum of Modern ArtMusée National d'Art ModerneMusée national des beaux-arts du QuébecNantes Museum of ArtsNational Gallery of CanadaNew Mexico Museum of ArtRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtStedelijk Museum voor Actuele KunstStrasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtVan AbbemuseumWallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary ArtsZKM Center for Art and Media KarlsruheArt Institute of Chicago

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contemporary art

Also known as Christian Liberté Boltanski, Krisṭyan Bolṭansḳi

Works in museum collections

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Christian Boltanski, The Missing House
The Missing House1988
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CC BY 2.0 · Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Related artists — French, born 1919–1969