About David Salle
American[1] neo-expressionist painter whose layered, allusion-laden canvases made him a defining figure of 1980s New York.
Where to see David Salle
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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5 works
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen - Robbrecht & Daem wing, Netherlands
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3 works
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2 works
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown Manhattan, United States
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2 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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2 works
Finnish National Gallery
Helsinki, Finland
Also here (6)
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2 works
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, United States
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1 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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1 works
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain
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1 works
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Swartwout Building, United States
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1 works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 works
Van Abbemuseum
Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands
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1 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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1 works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Upper East Side, United States
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1 works
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
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1 works
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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1 works
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 works
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
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0 works
Vanderbilt Museum of Art
Nashville, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I see David Salle paintings?
David Salle's works are held in 18 museums worldwide, including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and Museum of Modern Art.How many museums have David Salle paintings?
18 museums worldwide hold works by David Salle.Which is the best museum to see David Salle?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen - Robbrecht & Daem wing holds the largest collection with 5 works.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of David Salle's works across the following collections.
- [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: David Salle Used for: biography.
- [2] book Staff, Craig, After Modernist Painting_ The History of a Contemporary Practice (International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art Book 3) Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [3] book Staff, Craig, After Modernist Painting_ The History of a Contemporary Practice (International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art Book 3)_1 Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [4] book guggenheim-clemente00clem Used for: biography.
- [5] book guggenheim-refigur00kren Used for: biography.
- [6] book guggenheim-transfsi00wald Used for: biography.
- [7] book Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New, 1980 Used for: stylistic analysis.
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