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Moris
Mexico, 1978
Moris’s work centers on themes that address representation, social and subjective will, urban issues, and marginal cultures—topics often taken for granted in conventional societies. Informed by continuous fieldwork, the subjects Moris explores have been part of his life since childhood and are deeply relevant to both his personal and professional development.
The street and social space serve as his research lab: a site for data collection and clues, as well as the analysis of visual cultures and vernacular aesthetics. By observing, integrating, and learning from various social codes of marginalized classes in Mexico City—their dialects and semiotics, survival strategies, and informal use of aesthetics to make routine life more humane and dignified—Moris crafts the core values of his practice.
He has participated in the São Paulo and Havana Biennials, and in group exhibitions at Fundación Jumex in Mexico, the Fontanals-Cisneros Collection in Miami, ARTIUM in Vitoria, and MUSAC in León. He has also held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Museo Carrillo Gil, Sala Siqueiros in Mexico City, and Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken in Germany.
His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Pérez Art Museum in Miami, Fundación Jumex, CIFO Fontanals Cisneros, ARTIUM, MOCA Los Angeles, Museo Amparo in Puebla, Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection in Mexico City, the Celia Sredni Birbragher Collection in Bogotá, the David Chipperfield Collection in London, the Tiroche DeLeon Collection in Israel, among others.
Moris. La cárcel a cielo abierto. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid. 2023
Moris
Frontera rota Sur
2023
Collage, cement, and enamel on canvas
110 x 232 cm
Moris
Frontera rota Norte
2023
Collage, cement, and enamel on canvas
155 x 300 cm
Moris
Con los pies podridos (Frontera Sur)
2023
Collage, metal, and enamel on canvas
245 x 155 cm
Moris
Atravesando el Incendio I
2023
Old shoes, cement, collage, ink, and toner on fabric
110 x 70 x 10 cm
Moris. La cárcel a cielo abierto. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid. 2023
Moris
Título no encontrado
2023
Transfer and ink on Bank of Mexico bags
184 x 200 cm
Moris
Cartolandia
2023
Digital print on pre-cut paper
33 x 48 cm
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La cárcel a cielo abierto
2023
Transfer, collage, ink, and toner on paper
28 x 42 cm
Moris
Hoy pan duro, mañana hambre
2023
Transfer, collage, ink, and toner on paper
28 x 42 cm
Moris
Comportamientos bestiales 21
2023
Ink and toner on paper
28 x 21,5 cm
Moris. La cárcel a cielo abierto. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ, Madrid. 2023
Moris
De oreja a oreja 10
2023
Ink and toner on paper
28 x 21,5 cm
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De oreja a oreja 14
2023
Ink and toner on paper
28 x 21,5 cm
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De oreja a oreja 26
2023
Ink and toner on paper
21,5 x 28 cm
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De oreja a oreja 27
2023
Ink and toner on paper
21,5 x 28 cm
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De oreja a oreja 29
2023
Ink and toner on paper
21,5 x 28 cm
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De oreja a oreja 31
2023
Ink and toner on paper
21,5 x 28 cm
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Valle de lágrimas I
2023
Ink and toner on paper
28 x 21 cm
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Uno a uno Parte II
2023
Transfer, ink and toner on paper
28 x 43 cm
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El vendaval
2023
Transfer, dirt and ink on canvas
150 x 150 cm
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Lidiando con ratas 3
2022
Transfer, collage, ink and toner on paper
56 x 66 cm (28 x 21.5 cm c/u)
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La cocina del pobre
2021
Metal, wood, collage, and transfer on canvas
200 x 200 cm
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Decepción
2021
Transfer and ink on canvas
90 x 70 cm
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Las provincianas
2021
Collage, concrete and transfer on canvas
213 x 150 cm
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La chinera
2021
Transfer and ink on canvas
120 x 90 cm
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Cruel destino
2021
Collage, concrete and transfer on canvas
200 x 150 cm
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Crimen y suicidio
2021
Transfer and ink on canvas
120 x 90 cm
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El lobo y el cordero
2019
Collage, glue, enamel on canvas
200 x 150 cm
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Paisaje sin cadáver 5
2019
Collage on canvas
20 x 25 cm
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Choza
2019
Collage, transfer, concrete and enamel on paper
38 x 86 cm
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Carne de esquina
2019
Collage and concrete on paper
33 x 24 cm
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Verde blanco y…
2019
Fabric, canvas and dirt
255 x 300 cm
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Horizonte petrificado 6
2019
Concrete, canvas
27 x 50 x 12 cm
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La liebre y las ranas
2019
Collage, concrete and cardboard on canvas
198,5 x 149,5 cm
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El barrio
2019
Collage, transfer, concrete and enamel on paper
60 x 64 cm
Moris. Allá afuera hay una bala para todos. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ, Madrid. 2019
Moris
El terreno
2019
Collage, transfer, concrete and enamel on paper
60 x 64 cm
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Porqueriza
2019
Collage, transfer, concrete and enamel on paper
77 x 60 cm
Moris
La ciudad de las tumbas abiertas 4
2019
Collage, enamel, concrete and serigraphy on canvas
150 x 213 cm
Moris. Allá afuera hay una bala para todos. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ, Madrid. 2019
Moris
Paisaje sin cadáver 4
2019
Collage on canvas
25 x 20 cm
Moris. Allá afuera hay una bala para todos. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ, Madrid. 2019
Moris
Bandera Blanca III
2019
Collage, dirt, and ink on canvas
211 x 149 cm
Moris
Defensa personal
2018
Bicycle wheel, cement, metal, and knife
42 x 20 x 12 cm
Moris. The Triumph of the Rat. Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken. 2018
Moris
COLGÓ LOS TENIS
2018
Intervened newspaper
38 x 30 cm
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Paisaje tercermundista 3
2018
Collage on canvas
50 x 40 cm
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Columpiando del techo
2017
Collage and paint on paper
171 x 129 cm
Moris
Cinturón de violencia (TERRENOCHAKA)
2017
Collage, transfer, glue and vinyl on wall
112 x 153 cm
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MEADATERRITORIAL
2017
Collage and glue on paper
28 x 21 cm
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Carne podrida
2017
Collage, enamel and concrete on canvas
40 x 50 cm
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Sin insectos no atrapas peces I
2016
Concrete and collage on canvas
196 x 146 cm
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Mugroso perro corrioso
2016
Collage on cardboard and canvas
200 x 300 cm
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Cartolandia I
2016
Collage on cardboard
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Cartolandia II
2016
Collage and ink on cardboard
26 x 40 cm
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Cielo roto 25
2015
Found and intervened paint
60 x 100 cm
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Corona rota
2015
Resin and concrete
60 x 13 x 9 cm
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El adicto
2015
Plaster, metal, paper and stone
22 x 20 x 15 cm
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La suerte se acaba
2015
Shoe and knife
22 x 45 x 20 cm
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Territorio caníbal
2014
Cardboard, denture
73 x 57 cm
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Carne de Cañón. Traviesa
2014
Contact glue, transfer, and ink on paper
33,5 x 25,5 cm
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Carne de Cañón. Apretadita
2014
Contact glue, transfer, and ink on paper
33,5 x 25,5 cm
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Carne de cañón. Preparada
2014
Contact glue, transfer, and ink on paper
33,5 x 25,5 cm
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La tierra se limpia más fácil que la sangre 1
2014
Beer, earth, shoe prints
190 x 190 cm
Moris
Paisaje acordonado 8
2014
Oil and collage on canvas
29 x 34 cm
Moris. Nadie te extrañará en la manada. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ, Madrid. 2015
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Bandera MMC
2014
Wood, plastic, fabric and cardboard
120 x 200 cm
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Marca territorial RA
2014
Collage and enamel on paper
116 x 88 cm
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Marca territorial MT
2014
Collage and enamel on paper
116 x 88 cm
Moris. Nadie te extrañará en la manada. NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ, Madrid. 2015
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El mudo
2013
Wood, bone, metal and fabric
87 x 47 x 13 cm
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Horror
2013
Metal, wood and plastic
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Con la complicidad de la oscuridad 2
2013
Metal, found objects.
Variable dimensions
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El Tiburcio
2013
Wood and jawbone
44 x 20 x 25 cm
Moris
Señor solo te pido venganza
2013
Collage, vinyl
78 x 60 cm
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Debemos ganarnos el derecho a sobrevivir
2012
Collage, adhesive tape, wood, and rubber
Moris
Los muertos tienen suerte
2012
Collage, adhesive tape, wood, and rubber
92 x 4 cm
Moris
MATARÍA POR DINERO (Serie Letreros al cuello)
2019
Transfer on cardboard and rope
42 x 26,5 cm
Moris
NO ESTOY MUERTO (Serie Letreros al cuello)
2012
Transfer on cardboard and rope
48 x 26 cm
Moris. Trigésima Bienal de Sao Paulo. 2012
Moris
Paisaje Censurado
2009-2011
Acrylic on digital print
95 x 130 cm
Moris
Solo Exhibitions
2023
La cárcel a cielo abierto. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid, Spain
Walking Towards the Executioner. Rolando Anselmi Galerie, Rome, Italy
2022
The Window Project. Rolando Anselmi Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2020
A Shot into the Air. Marc Straus Gallery, New York, USA
2019
Out There, There’s a Bullet for Everyone. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid
2018
Even Dead, You Can Die. Asphalt Festival, Düsseldorf
2017
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad. Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
2016
Escaping the Rope. Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
2015
The Triumph of the Rat. Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken
No One Will Miss You in the Pack. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid
The Bark Is No Worse Than the Bite. ArtBo – Solo Projects, Bogotá
2014
Prey and Predator. Records of Illegality and Violence. Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
A Monster Walks Among You. Proyecto Fachada – Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
The Law of the Street. Galería González y González, Santiago, Chile
2013
The Beast Will Have Its Day. Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
No Animal Has the Right to Worry About What May Happen Tomorrow. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
2012
It’s Hard to Be Tied Like a Sheep When You’re a Wolf. Baró Galería, São Paulo
The Vultures Are Already Circling. Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Sadic. González y González Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2011
When the Lion Kills, the Jackals Benefit. I-20 Gallery, New York
You’re Alive Because I Didn’t Kill You. ARCOmadrid – Solo Projects, Focus Latin America, Madrid
2010
Speranza. Colectivo Viernes. El 52. OMR Gallery, Mexico City
My House Is Your House. LAND, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles
2008
An Animal Loses Its Life Because Another Is Hungry. Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City
2007
Den of Miscreants. Trolebús Gallery, Mexico City
We All Have Dirty Shoes. ARCOmadrid – Project Room, KBK Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
2006
House Cart Car. 9th Havana Biennale, Havana
2005
Urban Urgency. KBK Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Group Exhibitions
2023
Tracing the World’s Footprint. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid
Personal Showcase. Rolando Anselmi Galerie, Rome, Italy
2019
The Material Order of Things. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey
In Order of Appearance. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
2018
No Place. Berlin
2017
Mexibiliti. Casa del Lago (UNAM), Mexico City
2015
Everything You Are I Am Not. Tiroche DeLeon Collection, Miami
Traces and Vestiges: Inquiries on the Present. Museo Amparo, Puebla
Latin American Roaming Art. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
A Sense of a Space. Mana Contemporary, Miami
2014
The Disarray. The Curious Case of the Untidy Art. ARTIUM, Vitoria
2013
Metal Coyote. Y Gallery, New York
Museo de la Nación, Lima
Dracula Effect. Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City
2012
30th São Paulo Biennial. The Imminence of Poetics, São Paulo
The Hour and the Sites. MACO, Oaxaca
Invisible Maps. Galería Luis Adelantado, Mexico City
2011
Time of Suspicion. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
NOW. Centro Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara
Mexico. Poetry and Politics. Nordic Watercolor Museum, Stockholm
Sparkle. JUMEX Collection, Mexico City
Honor. Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
Mexico. Poetry and Politics. San Francisco State University
Mexico Expected/Unexpected. MOCA, San Diego
2010
Educating Knowledge. MUSAC, León
Where Do We Go From Here?. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Viva la Revolución. MOCA, San Diego
2009
Where Do We Go From Here?. Bass Museum, Miami
Zwischen Zonen. MUMOK, Vienna
2008
The Lines of the Hand. MUAC, Mexico City
Schweiz Über Alles. JUMEX Collection, Mexico City
Fortunate Objects. CIFO Collection, Miami
2007
International Triennial of Architecture, Lisbon
2006
Skier at the Bottom of a Well. JUMEX Collection, Mexico City
Blindness. MACO, Oaxaca
Light/Art. Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
Awards
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Tiroche DeLeon Residency, Jaffa, Israel
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LARA Latin American Roaming Art, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
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30th São Paulo Biennial. The Imminence of Poetics
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Younger than Jesus: The Artist Directory. New Museum, New York & Phaidon Press
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CIFO Grants & Commissions Program Awards, Miami
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Triennale Internacional de Arquitectura, Lisbon
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SIVAM Visual Arts Acquisition Prize, Mexico City
Collections
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
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SMAK, Ghent
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JUMEX Collection, Mexico City
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles
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ARTIUM, Vitoria
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
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MACO, Oaxaca
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Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
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Museo Amparo, Puebla
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CIFO Collection, Miami
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ABN/AMRO Kunststichting, Amsterdam
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Perez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami
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Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, Netherlands
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SPACE Collection, California
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PMMK, Oostende
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Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, The Hague
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Banco F. van Lanschot, Den Bosch
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AXA Collection, Madrid
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Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles
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Banco Sabadell Collection, Barcelona
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Celia Sredni Birbragher Collection, Bogotá
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Tiroche DeLeon Collection, Israel
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Americas Collection, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
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Bergé Collection, Madrid
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FEMSA Collection, Monterrey
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Juan Beckmann, Mexico City
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David Chipperfield, London
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Pepe Cobo, Madrid
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Teófilo Cohen Collection, Mexico City
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Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection, Culiacán
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Nanette Gehrig, Monte Carlo
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Boris Hirmas Collection, Mexico City
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Adsia City Trust Collection, Singapore and Australia
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David Johnson, Los Angeles
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Kells Collection, Santander
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Seattle Art Museum, Seattle