Jack Tworkov

Jack Tworkov — Jack Tworkov studied at Art Students League of New York. the recorded working language is English. The authority associates the name with abstract expressionism. Employment is recorded with Black Mountain College. Membership is recorded of American Abstract Artists, American Academy of Arts and Letters and The 8th Street Club. Work by Jack Tworkov is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Rome Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship. The heading is also recorded as Jack Tworkow. Jack Tworkov is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q320821. It is also recorded that jack Tworkov died in 1982 at Provincetown. It is also recorded that jack Tworkov is recorded with the citizenship of United States and Poland. It is also recorded that jack Tworkov is recorded as painter, artist and printmaker.

Jack Tworkov in brief

Born
1900
Died
1982
Known for
painter, artist and printmaker
Place of birth
Biała Podlaska
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Identity and overview

The following is established of the heading itself.

Jack Tworkov is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q320821. It is also recorded that jack Tworkov is recorded with the citizenship of United States and Poland.

Works and production

Catalogued output is recorded as follows.

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 32 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 4 works under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that wheel is dated 1953 and held by Museum of Modern Art (inventory 31.1954).

West 23rd is dated 1963 and held by Museum of Modern Art (inventory 274.1963). The same evidence establishes that b.S. #7 is dated 1964 and held by Yale University Art Gallery (inventory 1964.71). Institutional cataloguing adds that crest is dated 1958 and held by Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1962.33). Plain is dated 1966 and held by Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1991.54).

Duo I is dated 1956 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 58.22). Institutional cataloguing adds that sR-PT-70 #6 is dated 1970 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 71.53). Q3-74-#2 is dated 1974 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2008.162). It is also recorded that q3-81-OP #10 is dated 1981 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2011.1099).

T.L. 3 is dated 1977 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 1979.108).

Collections and holdings

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 9 objects associated with this name. Institutional cataloguing adds that q214867 records 4 objects associated with this heading. The record continues: whitney Museum of American Art records 4 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this heading.

Yale University Art Gallery records 3 objects associated with this heading. Cleveland Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this heading. Museum of Modern Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. It is also recorded that san Francisco Museum of Modern Art records 2 objects associated with this heading.

drawings in the National Gallery of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that seattle Art Museum records 2 objects associated with this heading. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum records 1 object associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 9 objects associated with this heading.

The Art Institute of Chicago records 7 objects associated with this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 10 objects associated with this heading. Yale Light Show (Pulsa), Introduction by Jack Tworkov and commentary by Pulsa in Eye Magazine, 1968 (1968) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 12 catalogued sources across 8 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikimedia Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Internet Archive, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Wikipedia. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

In detail

Jack Tworkov studied at Art Students League of New York. the recorded working language is English.

The authority associates the name with abstract expressionism.

Employment is recorded with Black Mountain College. Membership is recorded of American Abstract Artists, American Academy of Arts and Letters and The 8th Street Club.

Work by Jack Tworkov is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Distinctions recorded are Rome Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Jack Tworkov, Art Education, 1966

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  2. 2.

    Tworkov, Jack (1900-1982), painter, American National Biography Online, 2000

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  3. 3.

    Tworkov, Jack (1900–1982)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017

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  4. 4.

    Tworkov, Jack, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

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  5. 5.

    Tworkov, Jack, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q320821: Jack Tworkov

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    “Jack Tworkov”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 517161-1, Exhibition Jack Tworkov - Paintings, 1928 - 1982 (1987 : Philadelphia, Pa.).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Jack Tworkov as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Jack Tworkov.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Jack Tworkov.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Jack Tworkov (9 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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