Jean Tinguely Works Online
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Original works by Jean Tinguely available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Study for End of the World No.2
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
The Sorceress, 1961
Museum Jean Tinguely, Switzerland
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
2 works online when last checked
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Méta-mécanique (Méta-Herbin)
Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film Archive, California
Black Knight, 1964
DaimlerChrysler Collection, Berlin
Méta Maxi
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Sophia Loren's Nightmare, 1985
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany (in German) 
Metamatic No. 7, 1959
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Alphabetically under "T"
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
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Musée d'Art Contemporain - MAC, Marseilles, France (in French)
Rotozaza I
Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (in French)
Pandémonium agréable et silencieux, 1989
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid (in Spanish)
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIKART) 
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Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project
Ragtime, Place Igor Stravinsky
PBase Photo Sharing
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Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Jean Tinguely
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Jean Tinguely: Life and Work
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