ANDRII PRYCHODKO
Museum & Institutional Archival Holdings
64 Institutions Worldwide
The monograph Prychodko, published by Peter Nathan (Galerie Nathan, Zurich), ISBN 3-906133-01-X, is archived in sixty-five of the world’s most important museums, research institutes, and university libraries. The holdings include the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Tate, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Guggenheim, the Kunsthaus Zürich, and the Kunstmuseum Basel, among many others.
This level of institutional presence is, by any measure, exceptional. A monograph archived in sixty-five—spanning four continents and including virtually every tier-one canonical museum in the Western world—constitutes recognition of the rarest order.
For a living artist, this breadth of institutional validation is almost without precedent outside the most established names in post-war and contemporary art. It signifies that Prychodko’s work has been assessed, independently and repeatedly, by the curatorial authorities of the institutions that define the canon—and that each has concluded it belongs in the permanent scholarly record. This is not market-driven visibility. It is the product of sustained critical and institutional recognition operating entirely outside the commercial mechanisms of the contemporary art industry.
The geographic range of these holdings—North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia—further underscores the international significance of the work. The presence of the monograph in major research institutes (the Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome, the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art in Paris, the Netherlands Institute for Art History, the Dokumenta Archive in Kassel) confirms that the artist’s work is the subject of active scholarly interest, not merely passive collection.
The Centre Pompidou alone holds eight separate Prychodko entries in the Bibliothèque Kandinsky—including the monograph, material in the Paul Facchetti Archive (where Prychodko appears alongside Jackson Pollock, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Wols, and Sam Francis), exhibition guestbooks and press archives from two solo exhibitions at the Galerie Facchetti in Zurich (1980 and 1984), documentation of the Prychodko/Facchetti collaborative project Eye to Eye, and the complete dossier of the Ukraine/France Cultural Initiative, including the personal letters of the Ministers of Culture of Ukraine and France. This depth of archival presence in one of the world’s foremost museums of modern art is rare.
In summary: by the criteria through which the art world determines canonical standing—sustained institutional validation, independent of market forces—Andrii Prychodko’s archival footprint places him among the most thoroughly documented artists.
INSTITUTIONAL HOLDINGS
Tier-One Canonical Museums
The Louvre / Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Centre Pompidou / Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris — 8 entries
Tate Gallery, London
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (via Harald Szeemann Collection)
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Kunsthaus Zürich
Kunstmuseum Basel
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Major Museums and Collections
Harald Szeemann Collection, Los Angeles (Getty Research Institute)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo
Saint Louis Art Museum
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Museum of the Belvedere, Vienna
Library of the Belvedere, Vienna
Museum of Applied and Contemporary Art, Vienna
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Turin Civic Museum
Lille Métropole Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Musée de l’Annonciade, Saint-Tropez
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
National Museum of Fine Art of Ukraine, Kyiv
National Museum of Fine Art of Ukraine, Lviv
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
Museum of Art and History, Geneva
Cantonal Museum of Fine Art, Sion, Switzerland
Kay Fortson Collection (Kimbell Museum), Dallas
Hulda Zumsteg Collection (Kronenhalle), Zürich
Research Institutes and Art-Historical Archives
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA), Paris
Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), The Hague
Max Planck Institute for Art History (Biblioteca Hertziana), Rome
German Art Historical Institute, Florence
German Center for Art History, Paris
Central Institute of Art History of Germany, Munich
Dokumenta Archive, Kassel
German National Library, Leipzig
Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIKART), Zürich
Institute of Art Sciences, Zürich
Library of Art and Archaeology, Geneva
Archive of the Quadriennale, Rome
National Library of Finland, Helsinki
New York Art Resources Consortium
State and University Library, Dresden
University Libraries
Yale University, New Haven
Princeton University
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
University of Alberta, Canada
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
University of Applied Sciences, Bern
Municipal and Cantonal Libraries
Zürich City Central Library
Total: 65 institutions worldwide
NOTE ON THE CENTRE POMPIDOU HOLDINGS
The Centre Pompidou / Bibliothèque Kandinsky holds eight separate Prychodko entries, a depth of archival presence that warrants individual enumeration:
1. The Prychodko monograph (Galerie Nathan, Zurich)
2. Paul Facchetti Archive: portraits by Paul Facchetti of Prychodko, alongside Pollock, Dubuffet, Fautrier, Mathieu, Michaux, Wols, Sam Francis, and Hundertwasser
3. Paul Facchetti Archive: Guestbooks and press archives for two solo exhibitions, Galerie Facchetti Zurich, 1980 and 1984
4. Paul Facchetti Archive: Documentation and correspondence for the collaborative project Eye to Eye
5. Paul Facchetti Archive: Reproductions of works, portraits, exhibition views
6. Paul Facchetti Archive: Additional reproductions and portraits
7. Complete dossier of the Ukraine/France Cultural Initiative, including personal letters from the Ministers of Culture of Ukraine and France and National Museum Directors
8. Inclusion in exhibition documentation files
The presence of Prychodko in the Paul Facchetti Archive is of particular significance. Facchetti was among the first gallerists in Europe to exhibit the American Abstract Expressionists, and his archive constitutes a primary historical record of the transatlantic post-war avant-garde. That Prychodko appears in this archive alongside Pollock, Dubuffet, Fautrier, Wols, and Sam Francis places him within one of the most important documentary records of twentieth-century art.
VERIFICATION
All institutional holdings listed in this document can be independently verified through direct contact with the respective institution’s library or archive, or via the monograph ISBN: 3-906133-01-X. Online catalogues for the majority of holdings are accessible and a full list of verification links is available upon request.
ONLINE VERIFICATION REFERENCES
The following direct links provide independent verification of the monograph holdings listed above. Links are organized to match the institutional hierarchy of the document. Where direct catalog links are available, they are provided; where institutions share a consortium catalog (e.g., SwissCovery for Swiss institutions, or the German research institutes’ combined catalog), a single link serves multiple holdings.
Tier-One Canonical Museums
1. The Louvre / Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Direct catalog record
2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Thomas J. Watson Library catalog
3. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York Via New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC)
https://arcade.nyarc.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&searcharg=Prychodko
4. Centre Pompidou / Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris 8 separate entries — see Pompidou note above
5. Tate Gallery, London Verify via ISBN search at tate.org.uk/research or direct inquiry to Tate Library
6. J. Paul Getty Museum / Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Harald Szeemann Collection, Getty Research Institute
7. Victoria and Albert Museum, London Verify via ISBN search at vam.ac.uk/collections or direct inquiry to V&A National Art Library
8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Via Harald Szeemann Collection (now at Getty Research Institute — see link #6)
9. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Verify via direct inquiry to Peggy Guggenheim Collection library
10–11. Kunsthaus Zürich & Kunstmuseum Basel Via SwissCovery national consortium catalog
12. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Canadian Heritage Information Network
13. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Verify via ISBN search at imj.org.il or direct inquiry
Major Museums and Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art Verify via philamuseum.org library catalog or ISBN search
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Verify via mfa.org library catalog or ISBN search
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Verify via lacma.org library or ISBN search
Cleveland Museum of Art Verify via clevelandart.org library or ISBN search
Detroit Institute of Arts Verify via dia.org library or ISBN search
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Verify via nelson-atkins.org library or ISBN search
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo Verify via albrightknox.org library or ISBN search
Saint Louis Art Museum Verify via slam.org library or ISBN search
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Verify via nmwa.go.jp library or ISBN search
Museum of the Belvedere / Library of the Belvedere, Vienna Verify via belvedere.at library or ISBN search
Museum of Applied and Contemporary Art, Vienna Verify via mak.at library or ISBN search
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Verify via vanabbemuseum.nl library or ISBN search
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn Verify via bundeskunsthalle.de or ISBN search
Turin Civic Museum Verify via direct inquiry
Lille Métropole Museum Verify via musee-lam.fr or ISBN search
Musée de l’Annonciade, Saint-Tropez Verify via direct inquiry
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Verify via agsa.sa.gov.au or ISBN search
National Museum of Fine Art of Ukraine, Kyiv & Lviv Verify via direct inquiry
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa Now part of National Gallery of Canada
Museum of Art and History, Geneva Via SwissCovery
Cantonal Museum of Fine Art, Sion Via SwissCovery
Kay Fortson Collection (Kimbell Museum), Dallas Verify via kimbellart.org or direct inquiry
Hulda Zumsteg Collection (Kronenhalle), Zürich Verify via kronenhalle.com or direct inquiry
Research Institutes and Art-Historical Archives
Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), The Hague Full artist record in RKD database
German Research Institutes — Combined Catalog Covers: Max Planck Institute (Biblioteca Hertziana), Rome; German Art Historical Institute, Florence; German Center for Art History, Paris; Central Institute of Art History, Munich
German Research Institutes — PDF Documentation Bibliographic record PDF
http://bvbr.bibbvb.de:8991/exlibris/aleph/a24_1/apache_media/DBR7SGQ2CRKSHHUYCE1YVC15H9VR9D.pdf
German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek), Leipzig Authority record
https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid%3D119406713
SIKART — Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zürich Via SwissCovery
Archive of the Quadriennale, Rome Direct archive record
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA), Paris Verify via inha.fr catalog or ISBN search
National Library of Finland, Helsinki Verify via kansalliskirjasto.fi or ISBN search
New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) Consortium covering MoMA, Frick, Brooklyn Museum libraries
https://arcade.nyarc.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&searcharg=Prychodko
University Libraries
Yale University Library Verify via search.library.yale.edu — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
Princeton University Library Verify via catalog.princeton.edu — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
Dartmouth College Library Verify via search.library.dartmouth.edu — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
University of British Columbia, Vancouver Verify via library.ubc.ca — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
University of Alberta Verify via library.ualberta.ca — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Verify via library.unc.edu — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
University of Wisconsin, Madison Verify via library.wisc.edu — ISBN: 3-906133-01-X
University of Fribourg, Switzerland Via SwissCovery
University of Applied Sciences, Bern Via SwissCovery
Municipal and Cantonal Libraries
Zürich City Central Library Via SwissCovery
https://libraries.swisscovery.help/?lang=de&library=Z01
Multi-Institutional Databases
WorldCat — Global Library Consortium Master record showing all institutional holdings worldwide
WorldCat — Art Libraries Consortium Specialized art library holdings
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL) — International Artists Database De Gruyter — definitive international encyclopedia of artists
NOTE ON VERIFICATION: All institutional holdings can be independently verified through the links provided above, through direct contact with the respective institution’s library or archive, or via the monograph ISBN: 3-906133-01-X. Institutional catalog URLs are subject to periodic change; the ISBN remains the permanent universal reference.